Torre River | |
Pushpin Map: | Portugal |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Red Dot = Torre River at the Alvor Estuary |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Portugal |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Algarve |
Subdivision Type4: | District |
Subdivision Name4: | Faro |
Source1: | Conflux of small streams |
Source1 Location: | Serra de Monchique, Algarve |
Source1 Coordinates: | 37.305°N -8.6007°W |
Mouth: | Alvor Estuary[1] |
Mouth Location: | Alvor (Portimão), Algarve, Portugal |
Mouth Coordinates: | 37.1506°N -8.5906°W |
The Torre River (pronounced as /pt/) is a small river in the south west Algarve, Portugal.[2] The rivers headwater sources are a number of small streams and brooks rising from springs across the Serra de Monchique. The river runs for around 11km (07miles) from these sources southwards towards the town of Portimão where it discharges into the Alvor Estuary[3] close to the coastal village of Alvor.