Cecina (river)
| Cecina | ||
 The Cecina at Marina di Cecina |
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| Data | ||
| location | Tuscany , Italy | |
| River system | Cecina | |
| River basin district | Appennino Settentrionale | |
| source | near Gerfalco (municipality of Montieri ) 43 ° 10 ′ 7 ″ N , 10 ° 58 ′ 29 ″ E |
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| Source height | 812 m | |
| muzzle | at Cecina in the Tyrrhenian Sea Coordinates: 43 ° 18 ′ 10 " N , 10 ° 29 ′ 11" E 43 ° 18 ′ 10 " N , 10 ° 29 ′ 11" E |
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| Mouth height | 0 m slm | |
| Height difference | 812 m | |
| Bottom slope | 10 ‰ | |
| length | 78 km | |
| Medium-sized cities | Volterra | |
| Communities | Casole d'Elsa , Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina , Cecina , Guardistallo , Montecatini Val di Cecina , Montescudaio , Montieri , Pomarance , Radicondoli , Riparbella | |
The Cecina (accented on the "e") is an Italian river in Tuscany .
course
It rises at 812 m altitude near Gerfalco , a district of Montieri in the province of Grosseto , runs through the Colline Metallifere and flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea near the city of Cecina ( province of Livorno ) . He passes through the provinces of Grosseto (Montieri), Siena ( Casole d'Elsa and Radicondoli ), Pisa ( Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina , Guardistallo , Montecatini Val di Cecina , Montescudaio , Pomarance , Riparbella and Volterra ) and Livorno (Cecina). The river is about 78 km long. On its upper reaches it is one of the cleanest rivers in Italy.
history
The name of the river is of Etruscan origin and denotes a family name.
literature
- Emanuele Repetti: CECINA Fiume (Cecina fl.). In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (pdf, Italian, p. 3.)
Web links
Commons : Cecina River - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of the Sistema Informativo Ambientale della Regione Toscana (SIRA), accessed on July 31, 2012 (Ital.)
- ↑ Ambiente Val di Cecina website, accessed on July 31, 2012 (Ital.) ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
