The Sisco (french: Ruisseau de Sisco) is a small coastal stream in the department of

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 wi ...

, Corsica, France. It enters the

Tyrrhenian Sea The Tyrrhenian Sea (; it, Mar Tirreno , french: Mer Tyrrhénienne , sc, Mare Tirrenu, co, Mari Tirrenu, scn, Mari Tirrenu, nap, Mare Tirreno) is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenian pe ...

from the east of the

Cap Corse Cap Corse (; co, Capicorsu, ; it, Capo Corso, ), a geographical area of Corsica, is a long peninsula located at the northern tip of the island. At the base of it is the second largest city in Corsica, Bastia. Cap Corse is also a Communauté ...

peninsula.

Course

The Sisco is long and flows through the commune of

Sisco, Haute-Corse Sisco (; co, Siscu) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It takes its name from the Ruisseau de Sisco, which flows through the commune and enters the Tyrrhenian Sea in the village of Sisco. Geography ...

. It rises at an altitude of on the side of the ''Guado a l'Alzi''. Its source is to the east of the Rocher de Pruberzulu and south of

Pietracorbara Pietracorbara (; co, A Petra Curbara) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It takes its name from the Pietracorbara stream. Population See also * Tour de Castellare *Communes of the Haute-Corse dep ...

. The stream flows east-southeast to the sea, where its mouth is in the town of Sisco. It enters the sea at the Sisco marina, to the north of the pebble beach. Woods along the Sisco are mainly composed of holm oak, cork oak, chestnut, olive, beech and alder. The D32 road parallels the stream for most of its course. The stream is called ''U Fiume di Siscu'' in the

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Watershed

The Sisco valley lies between the mountains that form the spine of the Cap Corse peninsula and the sea, and is enclosed between two ridges. The watershed covers , with a maximum elevation of . The watershed is bowl-shaped, with several streams converging to form the stream above the Moine location. Flows of water are carried rapidly downstream. As a result, the Sisco sometimes has severe floods. In 1851 a flood rose to above the stream bed. The village bridge was destroyed by a flood in 1907 and in 1938. Further floods occurred in 1993, 1994 and 1999.

Water quality

In August 2021 the mayor of Sisco banned swimming and fishing in the river due to a report that a visitor may have become infected by

bilharzia Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever, bilharzia, and Katayama fever, is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes. The urinary tract or the intestines may be infected. Symptoms include abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody ...

, carried by the parasite

Schistosoma haematobium ''Schistosoma haematobium'' (urinary blood fluke) is a species of digenetic trematode, belonging to a group (genus) of blood flukes (''Schistosoma''). It is found in Africa and the Middle East. It is the major agent of schistosomiasis, the most ...

, while swimming. The disease is very rare in Europe, but had occurred in Corsica in 2014.

Tributaries

The following streams (''ruisseaux'') are tributaries of the Sisco (ordered by length): * Porcili ** Cipriaca * Eghiglione * Botru * Pietratenna * Guadillu di Lapidanu * Castagni * Canavaggia

Notes

Sources

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sisco Rivers of Haute-Corse Rivers of France Coastal basins of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Corsica