Santerno
| Santerno | |
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 The Santerno river | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, Italy |
| Mouth | Reno |
• coordinates | 44°34′03″N 11°57′49″E / 44.5674°N 11.9637°E |
| Length | 103 km (64 mi) |
| Basin size | about 700 km2 (270 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 16 m3/s (570 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Reno→ Adriatic Sea |
The Santerno is a river in Romagna[1] in northern Italy. It is a major tributary of the river Reno. In Roman times, it was known as the Vatrenus (small Renus), although, in the Tabula Peutingeriana, it was already identified as the Santernus.
It rises near the
It is probable that, in ancient times, the river flowed eastward from Bagnacavallo, as confirmed be the existence of a frazione of Ravenna called Santerno. In those days, after Imola, the river divided into two branches, one moving northeast toward Ravenna, the other continuing northward to join the Po. The Ravenna branch disappeared, most likely in the eighth century.
Once the late course of the river was modified, and protective measures were taken in the 1880s, the Santerno was famous for its serious floods. Fourteen were recorded between 1679 and 1778.
Footnotes
- ^ Although its first kilometers are geographically in the Tuscany region.
- ISBN 9780007419135.
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