Bero River Explained

Bero River
Pushpin Map:	Angola
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location in Angola
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Angola
Mouth Coordinates:	-15.1667°N 22°W

The Bero is a river in southern Angola. Its mouth is at Little Fish Bay in the Atlantic Ocean on the north side of the city of Moçâmedes in Namibe Province.^[1]

History

In 1849 Portuguese colonists from Brazil started farms along the river.^[2] During a period of conflict with the Ovimbundu in 1862, the Portuguese stationed troops on both banks of the Bero.^{[3] [4]} By the late 19th and early 20th century, the Bero River marshes supported fruit, cotton, sugar and coffee farms, as well as providing fresh water to passing steamships although it was noted that the might be only a foot of water in the river in the dry season.^{[5] [6]} Work to desilt the river and reinforce its banks near the river mouth was done in the 2000s for flood control.^{[7] [8]}

The plant, Euphorbia berotica, was named after the river because it was discovered in the area.^[9]

See also

• List of rivers of Angola

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bero. Mapcarta. 10 October 2016.
2. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00053126/00001/2j Sea fisheries and fish ports in Angola
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=Wb4NAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22rio+bero%22+angola&pg=PA200 Relatorio Do Governador Geral Da Provincia de Angola: Sebastiao Lopes de Calheiros E Menezes Referido Ao Anno de 1861
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=mw1n9-3ZvcQC&dq=1862+angola+ovimbundu&pg=PA314 General history of Africa. 6. Africa in the nineteenth century until the 1880s
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=9tINAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22bero+river%22&pg=PA421 Africa Pilot: The southwest coast of Africa from Cape Palmas to the Cape of Good Hope, including the islands of St. Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha, and neighboring islands
6. https://books.google.com/books?id=KTEMAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22bero+river%22&pg=PA758 Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, Volume 5
7. Web site: Opway.pt - Rio Bero - Desassoreamento e Regularização do Leito do Rio Bero - 3ª Fase - Namibe. . 2014-01-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106031629/http://www.opway.pt/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=484&Itemid=108 . 2014-01-06 . dead .
8. http://www.portalangop.co.ao/angola/en_us/especiais/reconstrucao-nacional/2010/9/40/Urbanisation-minister-checks-cleaning-works-Bero-River,2720f647-aee2-4fb6-898a-d003bc968928.html Urbanisation minister checks cleaning works on Bero River
9. https://books.google.com/books?id=u2n5vusQ1DEC&dq=%22rio+bero%22+angola&pg=PA25 Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names