The Solenzara is a small coastal river in the departments of
Corse-du-Sud
Corse-du-Sud (; co, link=no, Corsica suttana , or ; en, Southern Corsica) is (as of 2019) an administrative department of France, consisting of the southern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collect ...
and
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.
Course
The Solenzara River is long.
It crosses the communes of
Quenza
Quenza (, ) is a commune in the department of Corse-du-Sud, island and collectivity of Corsica, France.
Geography Climate
Quenza has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa'') closely bordering on a warm-sum ...
and
Sari-Solenzara
Sari-Solenzara (; co, Sari è Sulinzara; formerly in french: Sari-de-Porto-Vecchio, it, Sari di Porto Vecchio, co, Sari di Portivechju) is a commune and municipality in the French department of Corse-du-Sud, on the island of Corsica. It is d ...
in Corse-du-Sud and
Solaro in Haute-Corse.
The Solenzara rises to the southeast of the Punta Bigornu and to the north of the village of Bavella in the commune of Quenza, Corse-du-Sud.
It flows northeast, paralleled by the D268 road.
For about half its length it forms the border between Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse.
It enters the sea to the north of the town of Solenzara.
The river is popular with tourists, who come to enjoy bathing in the natural basins.
Some of them have cliffs that can be used for jumping or diving from up to .
Hydrology
Measurements of the river flow were taken at the Sari-Solenzara
anniciustation from 1974 to 2021.
The watershed above this station covers .
Annual precipitation was calculated as .
The average flow of water throughout the year was .
Tributaries
The following streams (''ruisseaux'') are tributaries of the Solenzara (ordered by length) and sub-tributaries:
* Marsolinu
*Fiumicelli
**Litichine
***Bujacone
***Ciuntrone
**Larone
*Gaglioli
**Padulella
*San Petru
*Purcaraccia
*Jallicu
**Ferriate
***Finosella
**Frasselli
**Cateraccia
**Buzzichellu
***Jallichellu
*Ciuffatu
**Utriolu
*Polischellu
*Vadina Francese
**Prunellu
*Scalzu
**Fossi
*Castellucciu
**Macchine
*Malaspina
**Plutone
*Olmiccia
*Petra Grossa
*Pampalone
**Trovone
*Quercitellu
*Buccarona
*Capannelle
*Nidicale
*Cannicciu
*Perellu
Notes
Sources
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Rivers of Haute-Corse
Rivers of Corse-du-Sud
Rivers of France
Coastal basins of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Corsica