Sorra (river)

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Sorra
The Sorra at Ponte d'Arbia

The Sorra at Ponte d'Arbia

Data
location Region of Tuscany , Province of Siena
River system Ombrone
Drain over Arbia  → Ombrone  → Tyrrhenian Sea
River basin district Appennino Settentrionale
source Sant'Andrea a Montecchio (southwestern municipality of Siena )
43 ° 16 ′ 59 ″  N , 11 ° 18 ′ 30 ″  E
Source height 273  m
muzzle approx. 300 m south of Ponte d'Arbia (municipality of Monteroni d'Arbia ) Coordinates: 43 ° 9 ′ 47 ″  N , 11 ° 27 ′ 47 ″  E, 43 ° 9 ′ 47 ″  N , 11 ° 27 ′ 47 ″  E

length 26 km
Medium-sized cities Siena
Communities Monteroni d'Arbia , Buonconvento

The Sorra is a 26 km long river in Italy in the Tuscany region . It passes through the province of Siena from Siena to the southeast.

course

The Sorra rises in the south-western municipality of Siena a few meters northeast of the district of Sant'Andrea a Montecchio (273 meters above sea level) near Costafabbri and Costalpino . From here it passes the place Ginestreto , stretches to the southeast and crosses Strada Statale 223 di Paganico . In the municipality of Siena, the river lingers for a total of 9 km and then enters that of Monteroni d'Arbia, where it spends a total of 17 km. South of the center of Monteroni d'Arbia, the Sorra flows south and parallel to the Via Cassia (state road SS 2, here coincides with the Via Francigena ), flows under the Siena-Grosseto railway line and flows under Ponte d'Arbia (municipality of Monteroni d'Arbia , 151 meters above sea level) as a right tributary into the Arbia . Here he also briefly touches the municipality of Buonconvento .

photos

  • The Sorra between Siena and Radi (Monteroni d'Arbia)

  • Mouth of the Sorra in the Arbia at Ponte d'Arbia

literature

  • Emanuele Repetti: Dizionario Geografico Fisico Storico della Toscana (1833–1846)

Web links

Commons : Sorra River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c cf. Official website of the ISTAT ( Istituto Nazionale di Statistica ) for the districts 2001 in the province of Siena, accessed on February 27, 2013 (Italian)
  2. ↑ a b c cf. SIRA
  3. ↑ cf. Repetti: MONTECCHIO DELLE MASSE DI CITTA '( online version of the University of Siena )
  4. ↑ cf. Repetti: FABBRI (COSTA A) ( online version of the University of Siena)
  5. ↑ cf. Repetti: PINO (COSTA AL) in Val d'Arbia ( online version of the University of Siena)
  6. ↑ cf. Repetti: GINESTRETO (S. DONATO A) ( online version of the University of Siena)