Egola

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Egola
Evola, Ebula
The Egola near Alberi, district of Montaione

The Egola near Alberi , district of Montaione

Data
location Italy ( Tuscany , provinces of Florence and Pisa )
River system Arno
Drain over Arno  → Tyrrhenian Sea
River basin district Appennino Settentrionale
source At Gambassi Terme
43 ° 29 ′ 29 ″  N , 10 ° 56 ′ 27 ″  E
muzzle At San Miniato in the Arno coordinates: 43 ° 42 ′ 28 "  N , 10 ° 47 ′ 41"  E 43 ° 42 ′ 28 "  N , 10 ° 47 ′ 41"  E

length 33 km
Right tributaries Orlo, Ensi
Communities Gambassi Terme , Montaione , San Miniato , Fucecchio

The Egola is a 33 km long tributary of the Arno in Tuscany , which is classified as a Torrente . It is located in the metropolitan city of Florence and the province of Pisa and flows through them from south to north.

course

The Egola (formerly called Evola and Ebula ) rises in the south-western municipality of Gambassi Terme on the Monte del Cornicchio mountain near Castagno and remains in the municipality of Gambassi Terme for 4 km. It then flows around Montaione to the west and reaches its district of Alberi at an altitude of 100 meters. He spends a total of 15 km in the municipality of Montaione, then moves from the metropolitan city of Florence to the province of Pisa, where he enters the local area of San Miniato and remains a total of 15 km. Here it first passes the district of Corazzano (54 m) and then the district of Ponte a Egola (29 m), flowing around the main town of San Miniato to the west. A few meters later it flows into the Arno from the left , briefly touching the municipality of Fucecchio .

photos

  • The Egola at the bridge near Alberi , district of Montaione

  • The Egola in the municipality of San Miniato near Pelagio and Molino d'Egola

  • The Egola to Ponte a Egola (district of San Miniato)

literature

  • Giorgio Battini: Il fiume racconta. Viaggio nella Toscana dei fiumi. , Bonechi, Florenz 1993, ISBN 88-7009-941-5 , p. 105 ff.
  • Emanuele Repetti: EVOLA (Ebula fl.) In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846), online edition of the University of Siena (pdf, ital.)

Web links

Commons : Egola  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d SIRA
  2. ↑ a b Emanuele Repetti: EVOLA (Ebula fl.) In Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833-1846)
  3. ↑ Giorgio Battini: Il fiume racconta. Viaggio nella Toscana dei fiumi.
  4. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the districts and altitude meters in 2001 in the province of Florence, accessed on December 11, 2013 (ital.)
  5. ↑ Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) on the districts and altitude meters in 2001 in the province of Pisa, accessed on December 11, 2013 (ital.)