Liamone landscape explained

Liamone landscape
Settlement Type:Landscape
Pushpin Map:Corsica#France
Pushpin Relief:y
Coordinates:42.086°N 8.777°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:France
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Corsica
Subdivision Type2:Department
Subdivision Name2:Corse-du-Sud
Unit Pref:Metric

The Liamone landscape (French: '''Ensemble Liamone''') is an area of Corsica defined under the European Landscape Convention, which promotes the protection, management and planning of the landscapes and organizes international co-operation on landscape issues.

Extent

The Liamone region on the west of Corsica extends from the Gulf of Sagone, the largest and widest of the Corsican gulfs, to the Monte Rotondo massif and Monte d'Oro.It includes the watersheds of the Sagone, Liamone and Liscia rivers.These have created a large alluvial plain along the coast.Edward Lear wrote of it in 1868,

Coastline

The coast along the RD81 road has two concavities. To the north, the Anse de Sagone has two beaches that are sheltered from the westerly winds by the Punta di Trio.It is largely urbanized, with a marina and a seaside resort that has developed since the 1970s on the site of the ancient city of Sagone, which was deserted in the 16th century.In the south, there is residential urbanization around Tiuccia and the coastline at the bottom of the small Golfe de Liscia, the sea outlet of the Cinarca.Between these two bays there is a huge sandy beach open to the sea, between two rocky points. A coastal barrier isolates the Liamone river from the sea, with a space of still waters behind it.The beaches of San Giuseppe and Liamone are much less frequented than those of the neighboring Gulf of Ajaccio, and have remained largely natural.

Units

The landscape contains seven units:

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River Units
Plaine du Liamone, Haut Liamone
Cinarca - Liscia
Vallée de Cruzinu
Sorru in su
Vallée de Sagone, Haute vallée de Sagone