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The Entella is a very short river within the Metropolitan City of Genoa (former Province of Genoa) in the Liguria region of northwestern Italy.

Entella
Rainbow on the Entella near its mouth
Location
Country	Italy
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Carasco
• elevation	30 m (98 ft)
Mouth	Ligurian Sea
• location	between Chiavari and Lavagna
• coordinates	44°18′35″N 9°19′54″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	around 6 km (3.7 mi)[1]
Basin size	376 km2 (145 sq mi)[2]
Discharge
• average	13.875 m3/s (490.0 cu ft/s)[3][4]

It and its tributaries flow from the Ligurian Apennines Mountains to the Ligurian Sea.

Etymology

The name Entella was given to the river by Ptolemy; it's maybe derived from entos ( = inside) and elòa ( = olive), due to the dark-green colour of the river banks of its upper basin. The name came into the popular use from the end of the 18th century; the river was previously called by common people Lavagna.[5]

In 1914 the football club Foot-Ball Club Entella (now Virtus Entella) took its name from the river.[6]

Geography

The Entella is formed by the confluence of the Lavagna and Sturla streams, near Carasco in the Province of Genova. The river then flows westwards at first before turning south before it meets the Ligurian Sea between Chiavari and Lavagna, in a large and in summer an almost totally dry riverbed.

Tributaries

Besides Lavagna and Sturla the only relevant tributary of the Entella river is the torrente Graveglia.[3]

History

The Département de l'Entelle or Dipartimento dell'Entella of Ligurian Republic took its name at the end of the 18th century from the river.[7]

Conservation

The medium and low part of the river course belongs to the SIC (Site of Community Importance) called Foce e medio corso del Fiume Entella - code IT1332717.[8]

See also

• Drainage basins of the Ligurian Sea
• Rivers of the Metropolitan City of Genoa (Province of Genoa)
• List of rivers of Italy

References

External links

• Liguriabirding.net: Birdwatching on the Entella

На других языках

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[de] Entella (Fluss)

Der Fluss Entella entspringt dem Zusammenfluss der drei Bäche Lavagna, Graveglia und Sturla auf Höhe der Gemeinde Carasco. Das breite Flussbett ist größtenteils mit Kieselsteinen bedeckt und endet nach einem kurzen Verlauf von acht Kilometern im Golfo del Tigullio des Ligurischen Meers. Dabei bildet die Entella trotz ihrer beschränkten Länge eine der größten Ebenen (die Entellaebene) der Region Ligurien. Die Mündung des Flusses befindet sich zwischen den zwei Städten Chiavari und Lavagna.

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- [en] Entella (river)

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[it] Entella (fiume)

L'Entella è un breve fiume (8 km) della Liguria.

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