Arade River
{{Short description|River of the Algarve, Portugal}}
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| subdivision_name5 = Silves, Portimão
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The Arade ({{IPA|pt|ɐˈɾaðɨ}}) is a river located in the region of the Algarve, southern Portugal.Detail Regional Map, Algarve- Southern Portugal, {{ISBN|3-8297-6235-6}} the river's course takes it through the municipalities of Silves, Lagoa and Portimão. The river remains navigable from the breakwaters at Portimao to the town of Silves. The sourceSilves, Tourist Guide to the Town and Borough, By J.D. Garcia Domingues (Empresa Litográfica Do Sul, S.A.). of the river lies to the southwest of the Serra do Caldeirão mountain ridge, in a valley called Barranco do Pé do Coelho. The river has a total length of {{convert|46.6|mi|km|disp=flip}}, with its source being {{convert|481|m|ft}} above sea level. The mouth of the river empties into the Atlantic Ocean between the city of Portimão and the freguesia of Ferragudo, in Lagoa Municipality.
From the time of the Moors until the 19th century, the Arade was navigable up to as far as Silves about {{convert|12|km|mi}}, where an important port used to exist, especially for the cork trade. Nowadays only small boats can go that far.
Dams
Part of the reason for the present low water flow (and subsequent silting up) of the river has been the erection of two dams in the middle reaches of the river—the Barragem (Dam) de Arade and above it the Barragem do Funcho.
On 23 May 2023 on a peninsula near the Arade Dam which is near Silves and is about {{convert|50|km}} from where three year old Madeleine McCann was last seen in her bed at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz on 3 May 2007 only days before her fourth birthday, Portuguese police along with German and British colleagues began a search of an area just over a {{convert|1|mi}} long for possible evidence in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/madeleine-mccann-disappearance-police-search-reservoir-portugal/ |title=New search for Madeleine McCann centers on reservoir in Portugal |work=CBS News |date=23 May 2023 |access-date=23 May 2023 |archive-date=23 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523192218/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/madeleine-mccann-disappearance-police-search-reservoir-portugal/}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65673674 |title=Madeleine McCann: Police to search Portuguese reservoir |work=BBC |date=22 May 2023 |access-date=23 May 2023 |archive-date=23 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523192421/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65673674}}{{cite news |editor-last=Livesay |editor-first=Brandon |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-65676619 |title=LIVE: Madeleine McCann police seen digging at reservoir |work=BBC |date=23 May 2023 |access-date=23 May 2023 |archive-date=23 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523192514/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-65676619}} This live feed was paused on 23 May 2023.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-52910472 |title=Madeleine McCann disappearance: A timeline |work=BBC |date=22 May 2023 |access-date=23 May 2023 |archive-date=23 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523193501/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-52910472}}{{cite news |url=https://sicnoticias.pt/especiais/caso-maddie---10-anos/2023-05-22-Buscas-no-pequeno-paraiso-de-Christian-Brueckner-principal-suspeito-no-caso-Maddie-703bdc3a |title=Buscas no "pequeno paraíso" de Christian Brueckner, principal suspeito no caso Maddie |trans-title=Searches in the "little paradise" of Christian Brueckner, the main suspect in the Maddie case |language=pt |work=SIC Notícias |date=22 May 2023 |access-date=23 May 2023 |archive-date=23 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523194511/https://sicnoticias.pt/especiais/caso-maddie---10-anos/2023-05-22-Buscas-no-pequeno-paraiso-de-Christian-Brueckner-principal-suspeito-no-caso-Maddie-703bdc3a}}{{cite news |last1=Laranjo |first1=Tânia |last2=Laranjo |first2=Francisca |last3=Pando Gomes |first3=Rui |url=https://www.cmjornal.pt/portugal/detalhe/comecam-as-novas-buscas-por-maddie-mccann-em-barragem-algarvia-a-50-km-da-praia-da-luz |title=Polícia procura fibras de pijama de Maddie em terra da barragem do Arade levada para análise: Polícia está a fazer escavações e está a ser utilizada tecnologia avançada nas diligências. |trans-title=Police search for fibers of Maddie's pajamas on land of the Arade dam taken for analysis: Police are digging and advanced technology is being used in the efforts. |language=pt |work=CM |date=23 May 2023 |access-date=23 May 2023 |archive-date=23 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523194812/https://www.cmjornal.pt/portugal/detalhe/comecam-as-novas-buscas-por-maddie-mccann-em-barragem-algarvia-a-50-km-da-praia-da-luz}} Previously, a child's sock was found in the search area in 2008. Hans Christian Wolters of the German prosecutors office in Braunschweig with support from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) requested the May 2023 search which is being coordinated by the deputy director of Polícia Judiciária's Northern Directorate. Christian Brückner (also known simply as "Christian B" under German privacy laws) was living in a VW camper van near Praia da Luz when Madeleine disappeared.{{cite news |last=Seitz |first=Josef |url=https://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/focus-fernsehclub/tv-kolumne-sat-1-investigativ-neue-spuren-im-fall-maddie-tv-team-auf-taeter-jagd-er-passt-in-das-profil_id_46804874.html |title=TV-Kolumne "SAT.1 investigativ": "Er hat zwei Seiten", "traue ihm das zu". Bekannte packen über Maddie-Verdächtigen aus |trans-title=TV column "SAT.1 investigative": "He has two sides", "trust him to do it". Acquaintances unload about Maddie suspects |language=de |work=Focus Online (www.focus.de) website |date=1 February 2022 |access-date=23 May 2023 |archive-date=23 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523202543/https://www.focus.de/kultur/kino_tv/focus-fernsehclub/tv-kolumne-sat-1-investigativ-neue-spuren-im-fall-maddie-tv-team-auf-taeter-jagd-er-passt-in-das-profil_id_46804874.html}}{{cite news |last=Fricker |first=Martin |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/madeleine-mccann-prosecutor-100-convinced-25173564 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Madeleine McCann prosecutor 100% convinced Christian B abducted and murdered her: Madeleine McCann prosecutors say they have no body and no DNA but other evidence leads to only one conclusion - jailed rapist Christian Brueckner is guilty and could be charged next year |work=Daily Mirror |location=Braunschweig |date=9 October 2021 |access-date=23 May 2023 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008203823/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/madeleine-mccann-prosecutor-100-convinced-25173564}}{{cite news |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20250605-new-search-in-madeleine-mccann-case-finished-portuguese-police |title=New search in Madeleine McCann case finished: Portuguese police |work=RFI |date=5 June 2025 |access-date=9 June 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250609225125/https://www.rfi.fr/en/international-news/20250605-new-search-in-madeleine-mccann-case-finished-portuguese-police |archive-date=9 June 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Amy-Clare |last2=Clun |first2=Rachel |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/madeleine-mccann-search-latest-news-updates-christian-brueckner-b2764940.html |title=Madeleine McCann search latest: Animal bones among limited findings as police hunt ends in Praia da Luz: The three-day search was called off after limited findings including animals bones were unearthed in Praia da Luz |work=The Independent |date=7 June 2025 |access-date=9 June 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250609225833/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/madeleine-mccann-search-latest-news-updates-christian-brueckner-b2764940.html |archive-date=9 June 2025}} Began in 2011, Operation Grange is the code name of the case involving the disappearance of Madeleine McCann.{{cite news |last1=Mackie |first1=Phil |last2=Khalil |first2=Hafsa |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87jwn48jp4o |title=Search in Madeleine McCann case resumes in Portugal |work=BBC |date=4 June 2025 |access-date=9 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250605170551/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87jwn48jp4o |archive-date=5 June 2025}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lkwzp0r81o |title=Madeleine McCann disappearance: A timeline |work=BBC |date=2 June 2025 |access-date=9 June 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250609223521/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2lkwzp0r81o |archive-date=9 June 2025}}{{cite news |last1=Sandford |first1=Daniel |last2=Khalil |first2=Hafsa |last3=Phillips |first3=Aleks |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4k1vg34wlo |title=Madeleine search police scour disused building on day one |work=BBC |date=3 June 2025 |access-date=9 June 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250609223722/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4k1vg34wlo |archive-date=9 June 2025}}{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Amy-Clare |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/madeleine-mccann-search-new-praia-da-luz-b2764795.html |title='Everybody’s fed up': Inside the Algarve resort haunted by the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Eighteen years after Madeleine McCann went missing from an apartment block in Praia Da Luz, the Independent’s crime correspondent Amy-Clare Martin discovers a coastal resort desperate to move on |work=The Independent |date=5 June 2025 |access-date=9 June 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250609224733/https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/europe/madeleine-mccann-search-new-praia-da-luz-b2764795.html |archive-date=9 June 2025}}
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{{Rivers and Streams of the Algarve}}
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