The Solenzara is a small coastal river in the departments of Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse , Corsica, France.
4-573: The Solenzara River is 21.96 kilometres (13.65 mi) long. It crosses the communes of Quenza and Sari-Solenzara in Corse-du-Sud and Solaro in Haute-Corse. The Solenzara rises to the southeast of the 1,451 metres (4,760 ft) Punta Bigornu and to the north of the village of Bavella in the commune of Quenza, Corse-du-Sud. It flows northeast, paralleled by the D268 road. For about half its length it forms
8-758: The department of Corse-du-Sud , island and collectivity of Corsica , France. Quenza has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen climate classification Csa ) closely bordering on a warm-summer Mediterranean climate ( Csb ). The average annual temperature in Quenza is 12.9 °C (55.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 1,395.1 mm (54.93 in) with November as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 22.3 °C (72.1 °F), and lowest in January, at around 5.2 °C (41.4 °F). The highest temperature ever recorded in Quenza
12-560: The border between Corse-du-Sud and Haute-Corse. It enters the sea to the north of the town of Solenzara. The river is popular with tourists, who come to enjoy bathing in the natural basins. Some of them have cliffs that can be used for jumping or diving from up to 8 metres (26 ft). Measurements of the river flow were taken at the Sari-Solenzara [Canniciu] station from 1974 to 2021. The watershed above this station covers 99.7 square kilometres (38.5 sq mi). Annual precipitation
16-453: Was calculated as 764 millimetres (30.1 in). The average flow of water throughout the year was 2.41 cubic metres per second (85 cu ft/s). The following streams ( ruisseaux ) are tributaries of the Solenzara (ordered by length) and sub-tributaries: Quenza Quenza ( Corsican pronunciation: [ˈkwɛnt͡sa] , French: [kwɛntsa] ) is a commune in
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