Arno River in Florence, Italy

The Arno is a river in the Tuscany region of Italy. Taken by User:Leland on April 8, 2003. ... Taken by User:Leland on April 8, 2003. ... River Gambia flowing through Niokolokoba National Park A river is a large natural waterway. ... Tuscany (Italian: ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ...

The river originates on Mount Falterona (1654 meters {5,426 ft}) in the Casentino area) of the Apennines, and takes a southward curve. The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing through Florence, Empoli and Pisa, flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea at Marina di Pisa. With a length of 241 kilometers (149 miles), it is the largest river in the region. Its tributaries are : the Sieve (60 kilometers {37 miles}), Bisenzio (49 kilometers {30 miles}), Era, Elsa and Pesa. The Casentino is the valley in which flows the river Arno in its first tract, till Subbiano. ... This is about the terrestrial mountain range. ... Arezzo (Latin Arretium) is an old city in central Italy, capital of the province of the same name, located in Tuscany. ... Florences skyline Florences skyline at night from Piazza Michaelangelo Florence (Italian: ) is the capital city of the region of Tuscany, Italy. ... Empoli is a town in Tuscany, Italy, about 30 km southwest of Florence. ... This article discusses the Italian city. ... Tyrrhenian Sea. ...

It crosses Florence, where it passes below the Ponte Vecchio and the Santa Trinita bridge (built by Bartolomeo Ammannati, but inspired by Michelangelo). The river flooded this city regularly in historical times, the last occasion being the famous flood of 1966, with 4,500 meters³/second (158,916 ft³/s) after a rain of 437.2 millimetres (17.2 inches) in Badia Agnano and 190 millimetres (7.4 inches) in Florence, in only 24 hours. Florence (Italian, Firenze) is a city in the center of Tuscany, in central Italy, on the Arno River, with a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess of 200,000. ... Ponte Vecchio over the Arno, Florence. ... Ponte Santa Trinita. ... Bartolomeo Ammanati (1511-1592) was a Florentine architect and sculptor. ... Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (March 6, 1475 – February 18, 1564), commonly known as Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer. ... Picture of flooding in Amphoe Sena, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand For other uses, see Flood (disambiguation). ... The cubic meter (symbol m³) is the SI derived unit of volume. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ...

Banks of the Arno, seen from the Ponte Vecchio bridge, Florence

Arno River in Pisa, Italy, near the Ponte della Fortezza

The flow rate of the Arno is irregular. It is sometimes described as having a torrent-like behaviour, because it can easily go from almost dry to near-flood in a few days. At the point where the Arno leaves the Apennines, flow measurements can vary between 0.56 meters³/second (19.8 ft³/s) and 3,540 meters³/second (125,013 ft³/s). New dams built upstream of Florence have greatly alleviated the problem in recent years. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 465 KB) Summary The banks of the river Arno, seen from the Bridge Santa Trinita; Florence, Italy Own photo - photo made by Georges Jansoone on 13 October 2005 (I think this was taken from the Ponte Vecchio. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 465 KB) Summary The banks of the river Arno, seen from the Bridge Santa Trinita; Florence, Italy Own photo - photo made by Georges Jansoone on 13 October 2005 (I think this was taken from the Ponte Vecchio. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 445 KB) Summary Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1280x960, 445 KB) Summary Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Scrivener Dam, in Canberra, Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ...

A flood on November 4, 1966 collapsed the embankment in Florence, killing at least 40 people and damaging or destroying millions of works of art and rare books. New conservation techniques were inspired by the disaster, but even 40 years later hundreds of works still await restoration.^[1] The speedy deletion of this page is contested. ...

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