The Golo ( French pronunciation: [ɡɔlo] ; Corsican : Golu ) is the longest river on the island of Corsica , France , at 89.4 kilometres (55.6 mi)
9-482: The Golo 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
18-529: 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 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
27-629: Is a commune and municipality in the French department of Corse-du-Sud , on the island of Corsica . It is delineated by several natural borders: the Tyrrhenian Sea to its east, the River Solenzara to its north, and to its west the Aiguilles de Bavella , a beautiful mountain at the heart of the island. A rural district, it essentially consists of two settlements: the larger seaside village of Solenzara, and
36-534: 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
45-761: 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 a block of lustrous shale from the Tertiary period during the uplift of the Alps on the Hercynian bedrock at
54-938: 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 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 . Sari-Solenzara Sari-Solenzara ( French pronunciation: [saʁi sɔlɛntsaʁ(a)] ; Corsican : Sari è Sulinzara ; formerly in French : Sari-de-Porto-Vecchio , Italian : Sari di Porto Vecchio , Corsican : Sari di Portivechju )
63-490: 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 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
72-664: 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 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
81-602: 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 the Golo, ordered by length: Aiti Aiti (in Corsican Àiti , pronounced [ˈaː.i.di])
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