| Abatesco | |
| Pushpin Map: | Corsica |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | France |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Corsica |
| Subdivision Type3: | Department |
| Subdivision Name3: | Haute-Corse |
| Subdivision Type4: | Arrondissement |
| Subdivision Name4: | Corte |
| Source1: | south of Monte Formicola |
| Source1 Location: | San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo |
| Mouth: | Tyrrhenian Sea |
| Mouth Location: | Serra-di-Fiumorbo |
| Tributaries Left: | Buja, Macini |
| Tributaries Right: | Biaccino, Aglia |
The Abatesco (Corsican: Abatescu) is a French coastal river which flows through the Haute-Corse department and empties into the Tyrrhenian Sea.
The watercourse is long.
The Abatesco originates south of the summit of Monte Formicola, which is high, at an altitude of in the commune of San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo.
The source is very close to the famous GR20 hiking trail. The upper section is called the Tassi torrent.It only takes the name of Abatesco about from its source.[1]
It first flows from southwest to northeast, then generally flows from west to east. It flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea in the commune of Serra-di-Fiumorbo.
Neighboring coastal rivers are the Fiumorbo to the north and the Travo to the south.
In the Haute-Corse department alone, the Abatesco drains four communes within one canton:
On almost all of its route, it serves as a boundary for the communes it runs along: Serra-di-Fiumorbo on its right bank, San-Gavino, then Isolaccio and finally Prunelli on its left bank.
The surface of the Abatesco watershed is estimated as by Sandre, and as by a study published in the French Bulletin of Fishing and Fish Farming.
The managing body since passage of the Corsican law of 22 January 2002 has been the Corsican Basin Committee (Comité de bassin de Corse).
The Abastesco has nineteen referenced tributaries:
| Tributary | Upper part | L/R | Length | Commune(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benacciola | left | 1.2 km | San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo and Serra-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Fiumicetti | left | 1.7 km | San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo and Serra-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Vanga d'Anioli | right | 1.1 km | Serra-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Cupin | left | 1.8 km | San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Carena | right | 1.8 km | Serra-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Maini | Cardiccia | left | 4.1 km | San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo | |
| ←Laparo | left | 1.8 km | San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Furone | right | 1.4 km | Serra-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Corbavodo | left | 0.9 km | San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Zevane | right | 1 km | Serra-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Tualu | left | 1.3 km | San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Piero Biancajo | left | 1.4 km | San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Buja | Trefontane Trejontane | left | 4.9 km | Isolaccio-di-Fiumorbo, San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo Includes the Bughjia waterfalls, renowned canyoning site | |
| ← Arena Bianca | right | 3.2 km | San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo Source at the Punta di Campolongo (1,695 m) close to the GR20 | ||
| ←← Aria | left | 2.1 km | San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo Source less than 200 meters from the GR20 | ||
| ← Pulitrello | left | 1.4 km | San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| ← Codola | left | 3 km | Isolaccio-di-Fiumorbo, San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| ← Foirinaccia | left | 1.7 km | San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Sersa | left | 1.5 km | San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo, Isolaccio-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Tribbaldo | left | 2.4 km | Isolaccio-di-Fiumorbo waters the village of Pietrapola with the only approved spa in Corsica. | ||
| Saparetto | left | 2.4 km | Isolaccio-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Vergajolo | left | 2 km | Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Varciapone | left | 1.3 km | Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Forcina | left | 0.7 km | Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Biaccino | Sambuchelli | right | 8.7 km | Ventiseri, Serra-di-Fiumorbo | |
| ← Anzagara' | left | 4 km | Serra-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| ←← Minagoli | right | 1.4 km | Serra-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| ←←← Juva | left | 1.8 km | Serra-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Sindoli | right | 1.4 km | Serra-di-Fiumorbo | ||
| Carpiniccia | right | 2.1 km | |||
| Acquaniella | right | 8.8 km | Serra-di-Fiumorbo. |
The Strahler number of the Abatesco river is five from the Biaccino, Anzagara, Minagoli and Juva tributaries.
In the valley, in the places called Abbazia, Agnatello, Calzarello and Catastajo, a whole wood industry was born and prospered, run by the FORTEF company (Forêts - Terres et Forces du Fiumorbo).It extracted of sawed timber and employed 800 people in 1935, with of forests and of cultivable land.It fell into disuse in the nineteenth century.In particular, at the height of on the Abatesco, a dam was built and hydroelectric plants (horizontal Pelton type or Francis type turbines) at the place called Agnatello, supplied the timber industry which also existed at less than a kilometer, at a place called Abbazia at altitudes of 54to. In these same places, Corsican railways built a large railway bridge.
By the sea, less than, and at an altitude of the RT 10 (formerly RN 198) passes over the Abatesco. The old Roman road crossed about further north-west of this bridge, near the place called Chiarata.
On the river's course there are the Moulin de Branca and the Moulin de Biaccino, while the Moulin de Rizzale is on the Biaccino stream.
The river and its tributaries are populated with trout.A devastating flood for the fish population occurred in September 1989.
The mouth of the river has been classified as a Zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (ZNIEFF) since 1985 covering, which includes the Canna marshes and the Gradugine pond to the north, and the Palo pond to the south.[2]