A mountain located on the southern limits of Central Alentejo, a mountainous massif with evergreen trees, namely cork oaks and holm oaks. It has a rich fauna, namely on the birds and predatory mammals level. It reaches its peak at an altitude of 420 metres.

A dam that is thirty metres high and 1175 metres long, equipped with a floodgate and a water connection to the Loureiro/Monte Novo channel. It is the first part of the watering subsystem of the Alqueva river.