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Barranco do Demo<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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O Barranco do Demo \u00e9 um impressionante desfiladeiro natural, escavado pela a\u00e7\u00e3o cont\u00ednua da \u00e1gua ao longo de milhares de anos. Destaca-se pela sua morfologia acentuada, riqueza biol\u00f3gica e valor c\u00e9nico, constituindo um dos espa\u00e7os naturais mais emblem\u00e1ticos da freguesia. A exist\u00eancia de passadi\u00e7os permite desfrutar do local de forma segura, promovendo o contacto com a natureza e a valoriza\u00e7\u00e3o do patrim\u00f3nio natural.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ribeira de Monchique<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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A Ribeira de Monchique, que desagua na Ribeira de Odelouca, atravessa zonas de vale profundo e f\u00e9rtil da freguesia de Alferce. As suas margens s\u00e3o caracterizadas por galerias rip\u00edcolas bem desenvolvidas, com esp\u00e9cies como o amieiro, o freixo e o chopo, criando habitats favor\u00e1veis \u00e0 fauna e contribuindo para a regula\u00e7\u00e3o natural dos ecossistemas locais.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ribeira de Odelouca<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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A Ribeira de Odelouca \u00e9 uma das principais linhas de \u00e1gua da freguesia. O seu curso natural molda vales e encostas, sustentando ecossistemas ribeirinhos diversificados e funcionando como corredor ecol\u00f3gico para v\u00e1rias esp\u00e9cies de fauna e flora.<\/p>

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Para al\u00e9m do seu valor natural, a ribeira tem uma import\u00e2ncia hist\u00f3rica na ocupa\u00e7\u00e3o humana e no aproveitamento dos recursos h\u00eddricos, sendo hoje reconhecida como um elemento estruturante da paisagem e do equil\u00edbrio ambiental do interior algarvio.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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O territ\u00f3rio de Alferce apresenta uma combina\u00e7\u00e3o de vegeta\u00e7\u00e3o mediterr\u00e2nica e atl\u00e2ntica, favorecida pela altitude e pela humidade da serra. Entre as principais esp\u00e9cies destacam-se:<\/p>

    • Sobreiro (Quercus suber<\/em>)<\/li>
    • Carvalho-de-Monchique (Quercus canariensis<\/em>)<\/li>
    • Castanheiro (Castanea sativa<\/em>)<\/li>
    • Medronheiro (Arbutus unedo<\/em>)<\/li>
    • Urze (Erica<\/em> spp.)<\/li>
    • Alecrim (Salvia rosmarinus<\/em>)<\/li>
    • Tomilho (Thymus<\/em> spp.)<\/li>
    • Amieiro (Alnus glutinosa<\/em>)<\/li>
    • Freixo (Fraxinus angustifolia<\/em>)<\/li>
    • Chopo (Populus<\/em> spp.)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>

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      Estas esp\u00e9cies formam bosques, matagais e galerias rip\u00edcolas que desempenham um papel crucial na conserva\u00e7\u00e3o do solo, na regula\u00e7\u00e3o h\u00eddrica e no equil\u00edbrio ecol\u00f3gico.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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      O territ\u00f3rio da freguesia de Alferce, caracterizado por bosques, matos, vales e linhas de \u00e1gua, alberga uma fauna diversificada, representativa dos ecossistemas serranos do Algarve interior.<\/p>

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        • Pato-real (Anas platyrhynchos)<\/li>
        • Perdiz-comum (Alectoris rufa)<\/li>
        • \u00c1guia-cobreira (Circaetus gallicus<\/li>
        • \u00c1guia-de-Bonelli (Aquila fasciata)<\/li>
        • \u00c1guia-real (Aquila chrysaetos)<\/li>
        • Bufo-real (Bubo bubo)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>

          R\u00e9pteis:<\/p>

            • Lagarto-de-\u00e1gua (Lacerta schreiberi)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>

              Mam\u00edferos:<\/p>

                • Veado (Cervus elaphus)<\/li>
                • Gamo (Dama dama)<\/li>
                • Javali (Sus scrofa)<\/li>
                • Raposa (Vulpes vulpes)<\/li>
                • Escalavardo \/ Sacarrabos (Herpestes ichneumon)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>

                  Este conjunto de esp\u00e9cies evidencia a qualidade e diversidade ambiental de Alferce, refor\u00e7ando a necessidade de conserva\u00e7\u00e3o dos habitats naturais, da fauna e da flora locais, essenciais para a manuten\u00e7\u00e3o do equil\u00edbrio ecol\u00f3gico da freguesia.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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                  Barranco do Demo O Barranco do Demo \u00e9 um impressionante desfiladeiro natural, escavado pela a\u00e7\u00e3o cont\u00ednua da \u00e1gua ao longo de milhares de anos. Destaca-se pela sua morfologia acentuada, riqueza biol\u00f3gica e valor c\u00e9nico, constituindo um dos espa\u00e7os naturais mais emblem\u00e1ticos da freguesia. A exist\u00eancia de passadi\u00e7os permite desfrutar do local de forma segura, promovendo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":744,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2613","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jf-alferce.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jf-alferce.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jf-alferce.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jf-alferce.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jf-alferce.pt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2613"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/jf-alferce.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2613\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2731,"href":"https:\/\/jf-alferce.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2613\/revisions\/2731"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jf-alferce.pt\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jf-alferce.pt\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}