Risco Waterfall
Tall mountain waterfall of several white streams plunging down dark rock into a small pool.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Risco waterfall in the Rabaçal valley of Madeira starts on a September day in eighteen fifty-five, when a newly cut channel began carrying mountain water toward the farmers of Calheta. It follows the money that water has made for the people below, and asks who profits from a waterfall today. Best heard at the viewpoint, facing the falls.
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