Alviela
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationOlhos d’Água do Alviela, Alcanena
 • elevation135 m (443 ft)
MouthTagus
 • location
near Vale de Figueira[1]
 • elevation
23 m (75 ft)
Length51.16 km (31.79 mi)
Basin size180 km2 (69 sq mi)[2]-331 km2 (128 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • maximum17 m3/s (600 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
TributariesRibeira dos Amiais, Ribeira de Carvalhos, Ribeira da Gouxaria
Tagus Basin

Alviela River (Portuguese: Rio Alviela, Portuguese pronunciation: [alviˈɛlɐ]) is a river in Portugal. It is 51.16 kilometres (31.79 mi) long.[3] The Alviela spring is one of the deepest in the world and is locally connected to a cave complex that represents the most significant fluvio-karstic phenomena in Portugal, one which supports several bat colonies with more than 5,000 bats in total.[4] In 2007, a population of troglomorphic Procambarus clarkii, an invasive crayfish species, was recorded in the Alviela spring, raising concerns about their potential effect on native stygobitic fauna. These crayfish lack all body pigment, although pigmented specimens were recorded in nearby surface waters.[5]

The river has its origin in a karst spring. Ribeira dos Amiais, a losing stream, infiltrates through the Sumidouro da Ribeira dos Amiais, a ponor, only to return to the surface 250 m further on through a canyon.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Conhecer o Rio Alviela" (PDF). Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 "Nascente dos Olhos de Água do Alviela, Alcanena". www.roteirodeminas.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Rio Alviela". snirh.inag.pt (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2012-01-26. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  4. ↑ "Mira Minde Polje and related Springs | Ramsar Sites Information Service". rsis.ramsar.org. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Mazza, Giuseppe; Sofia, Ana; Reboleira, P.S.; Goncalves, Fernando; Aquiloni, Laura; Inghilesi, Alberto; Spigoli, Daniele; Stoch, Fabio; Taiti, Stefano; Gherardi, Francesca; Tricarico, Elena (2014). "A New Threat to Groundwater Ecosystems: First Occurrences of the Invasive Crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard, 1852) in European Caves". Journal of Cave and Karst Studies. 86 (1): 62–65. doi:10.4311/2013LSC0115.
  6. ↑ "Ribeira dos Amiais, um trilho pela perda e ressurgência do PNSAC". Viajar entre Viagens (in European Portuguese). 2020-04-15. Retrieved 22 May 2021.

39°17′40″N 8°36′58″W / 39.29444°N 8.61611°W / 39.29444; -8.61611

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