Example sentences for: levadas

How can you use “levadas” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The levadas were largely built by slave laborers from Africa, whose primary employment was on sugar plantations.

  • The problem of watering crops was solved by the irrigation system known as levadas — simply-designed water channels that wound down from water sources on the verdant mountain tops.

  • Madeira’s system of irrigation channels, known as levadas, carries water down from the mountains on gentle gradients and provides a ready-made system of trails.


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