Foglia

The Foglia is the northernmost river of the Marche region of Italy.

In ancient times it was known as Pisaurus, as it flows into the Adriatic Sea at Pisaurum (modern Pesaro), the last important trading centre along the river. It was also known as the Isaurus;John Lemprière, A Classical Dictionary, Containing a Copious Account of All the Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors, With the Value of Coins, Weights, and Measures, Used Among the Greeks and Romans, and a Chronological Table, New Edition edited by F.D. Lemprière,  London: T. Cadell, 1839, unpaginated. a word that is kept in the name of the comune Belforte all'Isauro.

Geography
The Foglia river has a length of about . Its first  are in Tuscany.

Its tributaries are only small streams.

Course
The sources of the Foglia is are in the province of Arezzo (Tuscany), near Sasso Aguzzo, a hill between the  comuni of Sestino and Badia Tedalda, at an altitude of about .

Then it flows east trough the comuni Sestino,  Piandimeleto, Lunano, Sassocorvaro (where a dam forms an artificial lake called Lake of Mercatale), Auditore, Montecalvo in Foglia, Vallefoglia, Montelabbate and, near the mouth, Pesaro.

Two comuni have, in their names, the name of the riverː Montecalvo in Foglia and Vallefoglia.

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Related pages
 List of rivers of Italy

 References 

Category:Marche
Category:Rivers of Italy
Category:Tuscany