Marecchia

The Marecchia () is a river of the Emilia-Romagna region. The city of Rimini gets its name from the Latin name of the river.

Its low course marks the end of the Padan Plain ().

Geography
The Marecchia river has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of approximately .

Its discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) depends of the season: in the autumn could be as high as  but is very low during summer. Most of the time, the discharge is about .

Course
The Marecchia river flows through a valley named after it, Valmarecchia. The river starts at about  west of Viamaggio (comune of Pieve Santo Stefano) and about  southwest of the comune of Badia Tedalda, in the province of Arezzo (Tuscany), in the Alpe della Luna at an elevation of  above sea level.

At about  to the northeast of Badia Tedalda, the river flows into the Emilia-Romagna region, in the Casteldelci comune, province of Rimini. Then it flows through Ca 'Raffaello, an exclave of Badia Tedalda; to the north of here, the Senatello river flows into the Marecchia as a left tributary. Later, in Ponte Masa, the Masa river flows from the right into the Marecchia.

Shortly after Torello, the San Marino river flows as a right tributary and, after the Verucchio comune, the Ausa flows also from the right.

Between the frazioni (Italian subdivisions of a municipality) of Rivabella and San Giuliano, in Rimini, the Marecchia river ends in the Adriatic Sea.

The Bridge of Tiberius () or Bridge of Augustus () is a Roman bridge in Rimini. Its construction began in the times of Augustus but was finished in 20 AD in the times of Tiberius.

Main tributaries 
The tributaries of the Marecchia river are:

Left tributaries:
 SenatelloRight tributaries:
 Massa
 San Marino
 Ausa

Gallery

Related pages
 List of rivers of Italy

References

Other websites

 Fiume italiani: Fiume Malrecchia 

Category:Rivers of Italy
Category:Emilia-Romagna
Category:Tuscany