Nestore (river)
| Nestore | ||
 The Nestore between Marsciano and the estuary |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | Parameter error | |
| location | Central Italy | |
| River system | Tiber | |
| Drain over | Tiber → Tyrrhenian Sea | |
| River basin district | Appennino Centrale | |
| source | north of Monteleone d'Orvieto | |
| Source height | 480 m slm | |
| muzzle | east of Marsciano in the Tiber Coordinates: 42 ° 54 '21 " N , 12 ° 22' 36" E 42 ° 54 '21 " N , 12 ° 22' 36" E |
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| Mouth height | 184 m | |
| Height difference | 296 m | |
| Bottom slope | 7 ‰ | |
| length | 42 km | |
| Left tributaries | Caina, Cestola, Genna | |
| Right tributaries | Calvana, Fersinone, Fossatone | |
| Big cities | Perugia | |
| Small towns | Marsciano | |
| Communities | Città della Pieve , Monteleone d'Orvieto , Piegaro , Panicale | |
The Nestore is a 42 km long right tributary of the Tiber , into which it flows east of Marsciano . It rises at an altitude of 480 m and flows out at 184 m.
course
The Nestore rises in the northern municipality of Monteleone d'Orvieto and touches the municipality of Città della Pieve shortly after the source . After a few meters to the north, it reaches the municipality of Piegaro , which it flows through from southwest to northeast. Continuing to the east, it comes to Tavernelle , the largest part of the municipality of Panicale , and then back to the municipality of Piegaro. At Fontignano it reaches the area of Perugia for a few kilometers and then at Castiglione della Valle in the municipality of Marsciano . From here it runs to the south and later to the south-east to flow into the Tiber about 3 km behind Marsciano.
photos
The railway bridge at Marsciano
The Nestore at Morcella
The Nestore at Tavernelle
Web links
- Agenzia regional di protezione ambientale (Arpa): Bacio idrografico del fiume Nestore. PDF, accessed April 7, 2019 (Italian)