Rivers & Waterfalls
The rivers and streams of the archipelago have a peculiar
morphology, forming a radial type of hydrographic network. This
network comprises springs in the mountains in the centre of the
islands and more than 200 watercourses, averaging a length
between 5 and 27 km, which feed the different hydrographic
basins and a large number of aquifers. Most of these rivers
originate from the Obô forest, to the southwest and south of the
islands, and their flows are very sensitive to abundant rainfall.
The main rivers on the island of São Tomé are: Iô Grande (the
largest in the country), Do Ouro, Contador, Lembá, Quija, Manuel
Jorge and Abade, and in Príncipe Island, the Papagaio River.
- Saint Nicholas Waterfall
- Ngolar Waterfall
- Cascata Gruta
- Cascata Milagrosa
- Cascata Nova
- Cascata de Bombaim
- Cascata de Praia Pesqueira
- Cascata Mioba
- Cascata São Miguel
- Cascata São Salvador