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Geography

The Madeira Archipelago is composed of the Madeira, Porto Santo, Desertas and Selvagens islands. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean, 700 km from the African coast and 900 km from the European Continent. More specifically, it is between the parallels of 32º 22' 20'' N and 33º7'50'' N and the meridians 16º16'30'' W and 17º16'38'' W...

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Landscape

As for the Madeira Island, we may consider five main types of habitats or landscapes: Rural, Mountain, Forest, Coastal Cliff and Urban. Rural habitats correspond to agricultural areas with all kinds... [ read more ]

Natureza das Rochas

Due to the volcanic nature of the island, most of the rocks have a volcanic origin and are of basic nature, thus constituting, in surface and in volume, almost the entire immersed part [ read more ]

Morfologia

The volcanic islands, category in which Madeira is included, rarely correspond to a unique volcanic cone; they are formed by a set of multiple and varied growing volcanic apparatuses, like its own configuration... [ read more ]