The Saltaruccio (french: Ruisseau de Saltaruccio) is a 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 ...
, Corsica, France. It is a tributary of the
Fiumorbo
The Fiumorbo ( co, U Fium'Orbu) is a coastal river in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France.
It is dammed in two places to supply irrigation water and hydroelectricity.
Between the two dams it runs through the spectacular Défilé de l’ ...
.
Course
The Saltaruccio is long and flows through the communes of
Lugo-di-Nazza and
Poggio-di-Nazza
Poggio-di-Nazza is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Corse department
The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse ...
.
It rises to the northeast of the Punta di Taoria and flows northeast and then east between the villages of Poggio-di-Nazza and Lugo-di-Nazza.
The D44 linking these villages crosses the stream.
It continues in a generally east-southeast direction to its confluence with the Fiumorbo to the northwest of the town of
Ghisonaccia
Ghisonaccia (; co, Ghisunaccia) is a commune of the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Haute-Corse department
The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes ...
.
Environment
The Saltaruccio flows through the Forêts du Fiumorbu, designated as a ''
'' (ZNIEFF).
This includes the upper and middle watershed of the
Abatesco
}) is a French coastal river which flows through the Haute-Corse department and empties into the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Geography
The watercourse is long.
The Abatesco originates south of the summit of Monte Formicola, which is high, at an altitude ...
and tributaries of the Fium'Orbu river such as the Saltaruccio and
Varagno
The Varagno (french: Ruisseau de ´Varagno) is a stream in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France.
It is a tributary of the Fiumorbo.
Course
The Varagno is long and flows through the communes of Isolaccio-di-Fiumorbo, Poggio-di-Nazza an ...
streams.
The higher parts of the area are mainly covered with beech forest (''
Fagus sylvatica
''Fagus sylvatica'', the European beech or common beech is a deciduous tree belonging to the beech family Fagaceae.
Description
''Fagus sylvatica'' is a large tree, capable of reaching heights of up to tall and trunk diameter, though more ...
''), birch groves, fir forests and laricio pines (''
Pinus nigra
''Pinus nigra'', the Austrian pine or black pine, is a moderately variable species of pine, occurring across Southern Europe from the Iberian Peninsula to the eastern Mediterranean, on the Anatolian peninsula of Turkey, Corsica and Cyprus, as wel ...
laricio'').
Lower down there are stands of maritime pines (''
Pinus pinaster
''Pinus pinaster'', the maritime pine or cluster pine, is a pine native to the south Atlantic Europe region and parts of the western Mediterranean. It is a hard, fast growing pine bearing small seeds with large wings.
Description
''Pinus pinas ...
'') and holm oaks (''
Quercus ilex
''Quercus ilex'', the evergreen oak, holly oak or holm oak is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the ''Ilex'' section of the genus, with acorns that mature in a single summer.
Description
An evergreen t ...
'').
Tributaries
The following streams (''ruisseaux'') are tributaries of the Varagno (ordered by length) and sub-tributaries:
*Poletrella:
*Buoni Pargoli:
*Sambuchi:
*Ternale:
*Caniozzo:
*Pane Casciolo:
*Salto Leandro:
*Nevalpiana:
Notes
Sources
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Rivers of Haute-Corse
Rivers of France