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Peri Reservoir
Peri Reservoir (french: Réservoir de Peri, Retenue de Peri) is a reservoir in the Haute-Corse department of France, on the island of Corsica. It supplies water for drinking and irrigation to the central section of the eastern plain of Corsica. In peak periods it also supplies water to the southern section. Location The Peri Reservoir is in the commune of Canale-di-Verde to the north of the village of Calcinajole and the D17 road. It is drained by the Ruisseau de Strallerone, a tributary of the Alistro river. Dam The Barrage de Peri is an embankment dam that came into service in 1964. It is high and long, with a crest elevation of . It impounds of water. The dam is operated by the ''Office d'Equipement Hydraulique de Corse''. Reservoir The reservoir covers and has a watershed of . It has little biological interest. Fish include European eel (''Anguilla anguilla'') and common carp (''Cyprinus carpio''). Fishing is allowed in most of the reservoir. It is limited to angling or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland, west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north of the Italian island of Sardinia, which is the land mass nearest to it. A single chain of mountains makes up two-thirds of the island. , it had a population of 349,465. The island is a territorial collectivity of France. The regional capital is Ajaccio. Although the region is divided into two administrative departments, Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud, their respective regional and departmental territorial collectivities were merged on 1 January 2018 to form the single territorial collectivity of Corsica. As such, Corsica enjoys a greater degree of autonomy than other French regional collectivities; for example, the Corsican Assembly is permitted to exercise limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haute-Corse
Haute-Corse (; co, Corsica suprana , or ; en, Upper Corsica) is (as of 2022) an administrative department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Corse-du-Sud on 1 January 2018, forming the single territorial collectivity of Corsica, with territorial elections coinciding with the dissolution of the separate councils. However, even though its administrative powers were ceded to the new territorial collectivity, it continues to remain an administrative department in its own right. In 2019, it had a population of 181,933.Populations légales 2019: 2B Haute-Corse INSEE History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canale-di-Verde
Canale-di-Verde (French form) or Canale di Verde (, ) is a commune in the French department of Haute-Corse, collectivity and island of Corsica. Administration Since 2015, Canale-di-Verde is part of the canton of Castagniccia, together with 36 other communes. Geography Canale di Verde is to the east of Moïta, but as the crow flies, on an escarpment hanging over the Plaine Orientale. The commune, which culminates at la punta di a Campana, extends between the sea on the one hand and the torrent of Allistro on the other, at the mouth of which is found a ruined Genoese tower of the same name. The reservoir of Peri there is used to irrigate of vines. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department *Tour d'Alistro - a Genoese tower The Genoese towers in Corsica (french: tours génoises de Corse, co, torri ghjenuvesi di Corsica, singular : , also ; it, torri genovesi di Corsica) are a series of coastal defences constructed by the Republic of Genoa between 1530 an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alistro
The Alistro (french: Rivière d'Alistro, co, Alistru) is a small coastal river in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It enters the Tyrrhenian Sea from the east of the island. Course The Alistro is long and flows through the communes of Canale-di-Verde and San-Giuliano. It rises in the commune of Canale-di-Verde to the northeast of the Pointe de Campana. It flows east past the village of Canale-di-Verde, then southeast past the Peri Reservoir to enter the sea in the commune of San-Giuliano to the south of the village of Alistro. The D17 road follows most of its course. At its mouth the river crosses Alistro Beach, an unspoilt long and sandy beach with scattered lagoons. Behind it are small dunes with an important maquis shrubland. The Torra d'Alistru, a Genoese tower built in the second half of the 16th century, guarded the mouth of the Alistro from attacks by Barbary pirates. It is now ruined. Landscape The Alistro is in the Plaines Orientales landscape. The coas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embankment Dam
An embankment dam is a large artificial dam. It is typically created by the placement and compaction of a complex semi-plastic mound of various compositions of soil or rock. It has a semi-pervious waterproof natural covering for its surface and a dense, impervious core. This makes the dam impervious to surface or seepage erosion. Such a dam is composed of fragmented independent material particles. The friction and interaction of particles binds the particles together into a stable mass rather than by the use of a cementing substance. Types Embankment dams come in two types: the earth-filled dam (also called an earthen dam or terrain dam) made of compacted earth, and the rock-filled dam. A cross-section of an embankment dam shows a shape like a bank, or hill. Most have a central section or core composed of an impermeable material to stop water from seeping through the dam. The core can be of clay, concrete, or asphalt concrete. This type of dam is a good choice for sites wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Eel
The European eel (''Anguilla anguilla'') is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish. They are normally around and rarely reach more than , but can reach a length of up to in exceptional cases. Eels have been important sources of food both as adults (including jellied eels of East London) and as glass eels. Glass-eel fishing using basket traps has been of significant economic value in many river estuaries on the western seaboard of Europe. While the species' lifespan in the wild has not been determined, captive specimens have lived over 80 years. A specimen known as "the Brantevik Eel" lived for 155 years in the well of a family home in Brantevik, a fishing village in southern Sweden. Conservation status The European eel is a critically endangered species. Since the 1970s, the numbers of eels reaching Europe is thought to have declined by around 90% (possibly even 98%). Contributing factors include overfishing, parasites such as ''Anguillicola crassus'', bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Common Carp
The Eurasian carp or European carp (''Cyprinus carpio''), widely known as the common carp, is a widespread freshwater fish of eutrophic waters in lakes and large rivers in Europe and Asia.Fishbase''Cyprinus carpio'' Linnaeus, 1758/ref>Arkive The native wild populations are considered vulnerable to extinction by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), but the species has also been domesticated and introduced (see aquaculture) into environments worldwide, and is often considered a destructive invasive species, being included in the list of the world's 100 worst invasive species. It gives its name to the carp family, Cyprinidae. Taxonomy The two subspecies are: * ''Cyprinus carpio carpio'', native to much of Europe (notably the Danube and Volga rivers)Jian Feng Zhou, Qing Jiang Wu, Yu Zhen Ye & Jin Gou Tong (2003). Genetic divergence between ''Cyprinus carpio carpio'' and ''Cyprinus carpio haematopterus'' as assessed by mitochondrial DNA analysis, with emphasis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alesani Reservoir
Alesani Reservoir (french: Réservoir d'Alesani) or Alesani Lake (french: Lac de l'Alesani) is a reservoir in the Haute-Corse department of France formed in 1970 by damming the Alesani River with the Alesani Dam (french: Barrage d'Alésani). It is the main source of irrigation water along the east coast of Haute-Corse, and it also supplies water for human consumption and for hydroelectric power generation. Location The Alesani Reservoir is to the north of Chiatra and east of Pietra-di-Verde. The Alesani enters the reservoir from the northwest. The Spiscia and Mighiarette streams enter from the southwest. The D517 road crosses the dam at its east end. The dam is in the commune of Chiatra. The reservoir has a surface area of and capacity of . The catchment area is . Dam The reservoir is impounded by the Alesani Dam (''Barrage d'Alésani''), a rockfill structure high with a crest length of . The crest elevation is above sea level. The dam is faced with asphalt and concrete o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golo (river)
The Golo (; ) is the longest river on the island of Corsica, France, at Course The Golo is long. It crosses the communes of Aiti, Albertacce, Bigorno, Bisinchi, Calacuccia, Campile, Campitello, Canavaggia, Casamaccioli, Castello-di-Rostino, Castirla, Corscia, Gavignano, Lento, Lucciana, Monte, Morosaglia, Olmo, Omessa, Piedigriggio, Prato-di-Giovellina, Prunelli-di-Casacconi, Saliceto, Valle-di-Rostino, Venzolasca, Vescovato, Vignale and Volpajola. The Golo's source is in the mountainous middle of the island, south of Monte Cinto. It flows generally northeast, through Calacuccia and Ponte-Leccia, and ends in the Tyrrhenian Sea approximately south of Bastia, near the Bastia – Poretta Airport. Its entire course is in the Haute-Corse ''département''. The river is dammed at Calacuccia to form the Lac de Calacuccia Lac de Calacuccia is a reservoir in the Haute-Corse department of France formed by damming the Golo river. It provides hydroelectric power and water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linguizzetta
Linguizzetta is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department *Tour de Bravone References Communes of Haute-Corse Haute-Corse communes articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{HauteCorse-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
