Editing Paraty (section)

=== Flooded Streets ===
Once a month when there is a [[full moon]] and the tide is high, seawater rises above its normal levels and pours into the Historic Center District through special openings in the [[seawall]]s that separate the city from the harbor. The streets are only flooded for a short time until the tide recedes. The water is usually only {{convert|6|to|10|in|cm}} deep, and a few merchants near the seawall put out small bridges to span the flooded streets for the benefit of pedestrians. This routine flooding is supposed to help clean the cobblestone streets.<ref>{{Cite conference |last1=Miguez |first1=Marcelo Gomez |last2=Tardin-Coelho |first2=Raquel |last3=Verol |first3=Aline |last4=Battemarco |first4=Bruna Peres |title="Water Dynamics as a Preceding Driver for Risk Prevention and Urban Planning Guidelines" |conference=13th Conference on sustainable development of energy, water and environment systems |year=2018 |location=Palermo |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333430047_Water_Dynamics_as_a_Preceding_Driver_for_Risk_Prevention_and_Urban_Planning_Guidelines}}</ref>

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Image:Paraty_floodhole_dry.jpg|Dry Flood-hole
Image:Paraty_floodhole.jpg| Flood by incoming tide
Image:Paraty_flooded_2.jpg| Flooding street
Image:Paraty_flooded_1.jpg| Another flooding street
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