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Figari Reservoir
The Figari Reservoir (french: Réservoir de Figari, Rétenue de Figari, Lac de Talza, Lac de Ventilegne) is a reservoir in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. It provides water for irrigation and human consumption. Location The Figari Reservoir is in the commune of Figari near the south coast of Corsica. It is southeast of the village of Figari. It is formed by a dam, the ''Barrage de Figari'', that impounds the Ruisseau de Ventilegne. The reservoir supplies water for human consumption and for irrigation to the communes of Bonifacio, Figari, Pianottoli-Caldarello and Monacia-d'Aullène. Dam The dam came into service in 1993 and is operated by the ''Office d’Equipement Hydraulique de Corse'' (OEHC). It is a riprap Riprap (in North American English), also known as rip rap, rip-rap, shot rock, rock armour (in British English) or rubble, is human-placed rock or other material used to protect shoreline structures against scour and water, wave, or i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 collectivity merged with that of Haute-Corse on 1 January 2018, forming the single territorial collectivity of Corsica, with territorial elections coinciding with the dissolution of the separate council. 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 158,507.Populations légales 2019: 2A Corse-du-Sud INSEE History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Figari
Figari (; also co, Fìgari) is a commune in the French department of Corse-du-Sud on the island of Corsica, France. Geography The village of Figari is to the southeast of Sartène, to the southwest of Porto-Vecchio and to the north of Bonifacio. The commune comes from an ancient parish. It includes the center of a large plain where the airport was built in 1975. To the north looms Mount Cagna, which exceeds . To the southeast hills climb to over the village and enclose the Figari Reservoir, created by damming the Ruisseau de Ventilegne for purposes of water supply and irrigation; additional water can be taken from the Orgone, a small brook which descends from the mountain of Cagna et forms the upper stream of the Stabbiacciu in Porto-Vecchio. To the southwest the commune occupies the east bank of the Bay of Figari, and Ventilegne Point, but not the resort. Climate Figari has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification ''Csa''). The average annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud
Bonifacio (, , ; co, Bunifaziu , , or ; lij, label= Bonifacino, Bunifazziu; sdn, Bunifaciu) is a commune in the southern tip of the island of Corsica, in the French department of Corse-du-Sud. Bonifacio is the setting of Guy de Maupassant's short story "Vendetta". The French leg of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series takes place in Bonifacio. Geography Bonifacio is located directly on the Mediterranean Sea, separated from Sardinia by the Strait of Bonifacio. It is a city placed on the best and only major harbour of the southern coast and also is a commune covering a somewhat larger region including the offshore '' Isles Lavezzi'', giving it the distinction of being the southernmost commune in Metropolitan France. The commune is bordered on the northwest by the canton of Figari and has a short border on the northeast with the canton of Porto-Vecchio. The combined border runs approximately from the Golfe de Ventilegne on the west to the mouth of the Golfu di Sant'Aman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pianottoli-Caldarello
Pianottoli-Caldarello (; ; co, Pianottuli è Caldareddu) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica.Commune de Pianottoli-Caldarello (2A215) INSEE It is part of the . Geography Pianottoli-Caldarello is to the west of the commune of on the road to . Originally named Caldarello, it was detached from Zérubia in 1864 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monacia-d'Aullène
Monacia-d'Aullène (; co, Munacia d'Auddé) is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. It is part of the canton of Grand Sud. Geography Monacia-d'Aullène is west northwest of Figari. It was created in 1864 by dividing Aullène. To the north is the high Mount Cagna, known for its balanced granite boulders named the "Man of Cagna", where the isolated hamlet of Giannucio is located. To the southwest, the commune has an opening to the coast between Point Roccapino to the northwest and the Cala di Furnellu. The latter is preceded by Caniscione Point, on which is the Genoese Tower of Olmeto.. Population See also *Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ... References Communes of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riprap
Riprap (in North American English), also known as rip rap, rip-rap, shot rock, rock armour (in British English) or rubble, is human-placed rock or other material used to protect shoreline structures against scour and water, wave, or ice erosion. Ripraps are used to armor shorelines, streambeds, bridge abutments, foundational infrastructure supports and other shoreline structures against erosion. Common rock types used include granite and modular concrete blocks. Rubble from building and paving demolition is sometimes used, as well as specifically designed structures called tetrapods. Riprap is also used underwater to cap immersed tubes sunken on the seabed to be joined into an undersea tunnel. Environmental effects Sediment effects Ripraps cause morphological changes in the riverbeds they surround. One such change is the reduction of sediment settlement in the river channel, which can lead to scouring of the river bed as well as coarser sediment particles. This can be co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ospedale Reservoir
The Ospedale Reservoir (french: Réservoir de l'Ospedale or Lac de l'Ospedale) is a reservoir in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. It holds drinking water for the southeast of the island, including Porto-Vecchio. It is surrounded by a forest that has been designated a ''Zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique'' (ZNIEFF). Location The Ospedale Reservoir is in the commune of Porto-Vecchio to the north of the village of L'Ospedale. L'Ospedale ( co, U Spidali) is a small mountain village at an altitude of . Its name means "hospital", since it was once the location of a regional hospital. The reservoir is formed by a dam (''Barrage de l'Ospedale'') on the Ruisseau de Palavesani, a tributary of the Oso river. It is southeast of the Punta di U Corbu. The D368 road runs along its southeast shore. Dam The dam was built in the late 1970s using levée techniques. It came into service in 1979 and is operated by the ''Office d’Equip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cavu
The Cavu or rivière de Cavu, (also called rivière de Cavo, ruisseau de Sainte-Lucie, ruisseau de Finicione) is a short river in the Corse-du-Sud department of Corsica which discharges into the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. In 2014 the Cavu became the first place of re-emerging schistosomiasis in Europe. 120 people have become infected after bathing in it. Geography The Cavu originates at an elevation of with what the Institut national de l'information géographique et forestière calls the creek of Sainte-Lucie, and the creek of Finicione north-east of Puntacci in the regional forest of l'Ospedale, above the community of Zonza. In its course it passes just south of the hamlet of Conca and of the Albarellu massif through the regional natural park of Corsica. It generally runs from West to East. The river discharges into the Tyrrhenian Sea in Zonza, between the beach of Ovu Santu and the hamlet Olmucciu. The Cavu neighbours the Solenzara to the north and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
