Arno River

arno river

The Arno is a river in central Italy, which flows in Tuscany and is a tributary of the Tyrrhenian Sea; The length of the river is equal to 240 km and its a catchment area of 8,247 km ². The valley that is created is called Valdarno, and is both historically and economically the most important in Tuscany. The lean period is that summer, while that of full we between the months of February through March but also in November, resulting frequently flood, which in some cases can create several damage, like that of November 1966, which devastated Florence. Her bed was protected by embankments in several sections. The river is born dall'Appennino Tuscan-Emilian to a height of 1,358 m above sea level, to get off almost at the base of Mount Falterona continuing south and crossing the Casentino and the plain of Arezzo, climbing again to reach northward in Valdarno Top. The river finds its outlet resulting in the Tyrrhenian Sea at Marina di Pisa, through a rather extensive delta.

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