San Leone (river) explained

San Leone
Mouth:Mediterranean Sea
Mouth Location:San Leone
Pushpin Map:Italy Sicily
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Sicily
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Italy
Subdivision Type2:Region
Subdivision Name2:Sicily
Length:26km2
Basin Size:206km2

The San Leone is a river in the Province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Its main stream is long, and it has a drainage basin of .[1] Its source is in the commune of Santa Elisabetta and it discharges into the Mediterranean Sea in San Leone, a frazione of the city of Agrigento. It has various names along its course: at its source it is called Akragas, further downstream Drago, then Sant'Anna (the ancient Hypsas)[2] and the final 3 km until its mouth San Leone. Its largest tributary is the San Biagio (also: San Benedetto).[1] In the 19th century it was known as Fiume di Girgenti.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.sitr.regione.sicilia.it/pai/CD_PAI/BACINO_067/RELAZIONE_SAN_LEONE.zip Bacino Idrografico del Fiume San Leone ed Area Intermedia compresa fra i Bacini del F. San Leone e del F. Naro (067)
  2. [Polybius]
  3. Edward Herbert Bunbury, ‘Agrigentum’, in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, ed. by William Smith (London: Walton and Maberly; John Murray, 1854).