History of Lisbon francophile compatriots for the brutality and depredations of the French. Meanwhile, to control access to the capital, Wellington's chief engineer, Richard Fletcher, built the defensive lines known as the Lines of Torres Vedras across the peninsula on which Lisbon sits, using Portuguese workmen. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the Tagus on the other, the city was reachable only by a narrow stretch of land blocked by a range of hills stretching from Sintra to Torre Vedras, which since Roman times had marked the bounds of Lisbon's territory. Conceived by Fletcher and a Portuguese major, Neves Costa,
Maracanã River (Pará) its mouth on the Atlantic. The Chocoaré - Mato Grosso Extractive Reserve protects part of the right (east) shore of the Maracanã River. The lower reaches of the Maracanã River, before it empties into the Atlantic Ocean beside Maiandeua Island, are protected by the Maracanã Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2002. The municipality and town of Maracanã are at the mouth of the river. The vegetation around the Maracanã River is mostly savanna. The area around the river has a relatively small population, with 38 people per square kilometre. Temperatures average . The hottest month is July, with , and