Bruna (river)

Bruna
The Bruna river at Ponti di Badia
Location of mouth
Location
CountryItaly
RegionTuscany
MunicipalitiesCastiglione della Pescaia, Gavorrano, Massa Marittima
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSerre, Forni dell'Accesa, Massa Marittima
 • elevationapprox. 214 m (702 ft) above sea level
MouthTyrrhenian Sea
 • location
Castiglione della Pescaia
 • coordinates
42°45′38″N 10°52′40″E / 42.7606°N 10.8777°E / 42.7606; 10.8777
Length42 km (26 mi)[1]
Basin size441 km2 (170 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • average6.8 m3/s (240 cu ft/s)

The Bruna is a river of about 42 km in the northern part of the province of Grosseto, Tuscany, Italy.

Its sources are located in the Metalliferous Hills just south of Massa Marittima.[2] The river initially flows east, forming the Lake Accesa, and receives several small left-bank tributaries before turning south as it enters the northern Grosseto plain near the villages of Castellaccia and Giuncarico in the municipality of Gavorrano.[3]

After passing the settlement of Macchiascandona, the river curves southwest bordering the Diaccia Botrona wetland. It continues to Castiglione della Pescaia, where it flows under the Giorgini Bridge and empties into the Tyrrhenian Sea. The port of Castiglione della Pescaia is located at its mouth.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Distretto Appennino settentrionale - Progetto piano di gestione rischio alluvioni" (PDF). December 2014.
  2. ^ "Lago dell'Accesa e cascata Bruna". Visit Tuscany.
  3. ^ a b Turacchi, Fulvio (2003). Studio idrogeologico dell'alto bacino del fiume Bruna (Prov. di Grosseto). Siena: University of Siena.
  4. ^ "Castiglione della Pescaia". Regione Toscana.