The Casaluna is a small river in the department of Haute-Corse , Corsica, France. It is a tributary of the Golo .
13-407: The Casaluna is 25.17 kilometres (15.64 mi) long. It crosses the communes of Aiti , Cambia , Carticasi , Castineta , Érone , Gavignano , Lano , Morosaglia , Saliceto and San-Lorenzo . The Casaluna rises to the west of the 1,712 metres (5,617 ft) Monte Muffraje in the commune of Carticasi . Its source is at an altitude of 1,559 metres (5,115 ft). It flows with many meanders in
26-701: A block of lustrous shale from the Tertiary period during the uplift of the Alps on the Hercynian bedrock at the end of the Paleozoic era. The highest point in the commune is the Cima a l'Orzale (1,121 m) south of the town and the lowest point is next to the Golo river (238 m) to the north-west. The commune is mountainous with the hills of Castagnicia to the west. It occupies a small portion of
39-536: A generally northwest direction to its confluence with the Golo to the south of Ponte Leccia . Its mouth is at an altitude of 207 metres (679 ft). In its lower course it defines the eastern boundary of the Forêt de Pineto. On 24 November 2016 an exceptionally violent storm hit central Corsica and caused widespread flooding. An ice jam on the Casaluna river washed away a centuries-old bridge that spanned it. The bridge carried
52-558: A low-lying area called "Cuvette de Ponte Leccia" (Ponte Leccia Basin) which is one of a series of central low-lying areas stretching from L'Île-Rousse to Solenzara through Ponte Leccia , Corte , and Cateraggio. It includes many small valleys where streams flow to the Golo or the Casaluna. The western border of the commune is the Callasima River which flows north to join the Golo River near Ponte-Leccia. Several streams run through
65-475: Is 89.38 kilometres (55.54 mi) long. It crosses the communes of Aiti , Albertacce , Bigorno , Bisinchi , Calacuccia , Campile , Campitello , Canavaggia , Casamaccioli , Castello-di-Rostino , Castirla , Corscia , Gavignano , Lento , Lucciana , Monte , Morosaglia , Olmo , Omessa , Piedigriggio , Prato-di-Giovellina , Prunelli-di-Casacconi , Saliceto , Valle-di-Rostino , Venzolasca , Vescovato , Vignale and Volpajola . The Golo's source
78-645: Is in the mountainous middle of the island, south of Monte Cinto . It flows generally northeast, through Calacuccia and Ponte-Leccia , and ends in the Tyrrhenian Sea approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Bastia , near the Bastia – Poretta Airport . Its entire course is in the Haute-Corse département . The river is dammed at Calacuccia to form the Lac de Calacuccia , a hydroelectric reservoir. Measurements of
91-463: The Casaluna, ordered by length, and sub-tributaries: Aiti Aiti (in Corsican Àiti , pronounced [ˈaː.i.di]) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica . Aiti is some 15 km north of Corte and about 25 km inland from the east coast of Corsica. The Highway N193 from Corte goes north passing near the eastern border of the commune however
104-478: The D39 road over the lower Casaluna about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) above its mouth. A temporary bridge was thrown over the river in mid-January 2017, but could not carry the heaviest vehicles. In May 2020 work on a permanent replacement was scheduled to begin. Although some of the local people wanted the old bridge to be rebuilt, that would be vulnerable to a similar storm, which was expected to become increasingly common as
117-511: The climate changed. Instead a modern bridge was to be built in place of the old one. On 23 July 2020 a public inquiry was launched prior to environmental authorization of the project. The river's flow has been measured at Gavignano since 2013. The maximum instantaneous flow was 177 cubic metres per second (6,300 cu ft/s) on 16 March 2015. The maximum daily flow was 81.9 cubic metres per second (2,890 cu ft/s) on 2 October 2015. The following streams ( ruisseaux ) are tributaries of
130-499: The commune can only be accessed from this side by the D39 from Francardo a tortuous and circuitous road. The commune can also be accessed from the eastern side from San-Lorenzo on the Highway D39 which has a small connecting road across a bridge to the D39 road which enters the commune from the south and is another tortuous and circuitous route to the village of Aiti. Other than some short mountain access roads there are no other roads in
143-498: The commune, emerging from either side of the valley. The main streams are Poggie, Coticcio (fed by the Campo and Riduri), and Fossa Ceca. List of Successive Mayors of Aiti The inhabitants of the commune are known as Aïtinchi . Golo (river) The Golo ( French pronunciation: [ɡɔlo] ; Corsican : Golu ) is the longest river on the island of Corsica , France , at 89.4 kilometres (55.6 mi) The Golo
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#1732880622469156-635: The commune. Aiti occupies the northern part of the mountain chain in the west of the massif of Monte San Petrone (1,767 m) which is separated by the Casaluna Valley. The commune lies "below the hill" ( Cismonte in Corsican), or "Corsican Shale" in the north-east of the island along the edge of the Cap Corse shale which continues to the San Petrone mountains and ends south of Castagnicia. These mountains are
169-451: The river flow were taken at the Volpajola [Barchetta] station from 1961 to 2021. The watershed above this station covers 926 square kilometres (358 sq mi). Annual precipitation was calculated as 506 millimetres (19.9 in). The average flow of water throughout the year was 14.8 cubic metres per second (520 cu ft/s). The following streams ( ruisseaux ) are tributaries of
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