Fiumarella

Fiumarella
The stream at the Fiumarella estuary
Data
location	Catanzaro Province , Calabria , Italy
muzzle	at Catanzaro Lido coordinates: 38 ° 49 ′ 20 ″  N , 16 ° 37 ′ 9 ″  E 38 ° 49 ′ 20 ″  N , 16 ° 37 ′ 9 ″  E
Mouth height	0  m
length	20 km
Catchment area	34.3 km²
Medium-sized cities	Catanzaro

The Fiumarella is a typical Fiumara that drains the surface water from a part of the Sila Mountains in the north of Catanzaro without a specific source and therefore dries out in summer, but can become a raging river in winter when there is sufficient rainfall.

In addition to Catanzaro , which lies on a ridge, the Fiumarella has formed a deeply cut gorge, which is bridged by the Ponte Bisantis at a height of 112 m .

The only 20 km long Fiumarella flows into the Ionian Sea at Catanzaro Lido .

It corresponds to the ancient Zaro .

In the last century her name became known through the railway accident on the Fiumarella Viaduct on December 23, 1961.