The Maè is the main watercourse along the val di Zoldo, in
Belluno
Belluno (; lld, Belum; vec, Belùn) is a town and province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Located about north of Venice, Belluno is the capital of the province of Belluno and the most important city in the Eastern Dolomites region ...
, Italian Eastern Alps. It is a right tributary of the
Piave. The valley is also called the Valle del Maè (Mae Valley) along Soffranco and
Longarone
Longarone is a town and ''comune'' on the banks of the Piave in the province of Belluno, in northeast Italy. It is situated from Belluno.
4,642 people work all together in Longarone, which is 112.62% of the total population, with most actual in ...
. The Mae Valley near
Forno di Zoldo
Forno di Zoldo was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Belluno in the Italian region Veneto, located about north of Venice and about north of Belluno. It has been a ''frazione'' of Val di Zoldo since 2016. On 31 December 2004, it ha ...
is the site of the Piave–Boite–Vaiont hydroelectric system.
["Actas Y Memorias ... Congreso de Grandes Presas", 1959: "Pontesei dam was built with a view to providing an additional reservoir to the Piave–Boite–Vaiont hydroelectric system in the Mae Valley near Forno di Zoldo, Eastern Alps. The reservoir has a total capacity of m3, a net capacity of 9 ..."]
References
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of the Province of Belluno
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