- location Alte, Algarve - elevation 50 m (164 ft) Mouth Atlantic Ocean Municipality Loulé | - location Quarteira River Length 12 km Country Portugal | |
 | ||
Alte River is a small river in the Portuguese region of the Algarve. The river along with the Algibre River, another tributary, becomes the River Quarteira after the two rivers conflux. The source of the river is a short distance east of the village of Alte and it runs for a distance of 11.6 kilometres (7.2 mi) to its confluence with the River Algibre near the village of Paderne.
Description
The Algibre is one of a number of small rivers in the central Algarve which make up the water ecosystem known as the Querença – Silves Aquifer System.
References
Alte River Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA