Sieve (river)

Position of the Sieve

The Sieve in San Piero a Sieve (municipality Scarperia e San Piero )

The Sieve is a river in the Italian region of Tuscany, which traverses the province of Florence from north to south.

Course

It rises at an altitude of 930 m above sea level in the Apennines near the southern part of the Futapasses in Mugello Barberino di Mugello (13 km in the municipality ) and continues to flow to the municipality Scarperia e San Piero ( district of San Piero a Sieve, 5 km in the municipality ), where near the center of San Piero a Sieve the Carza flows in from the right, and to Borgo San Lorenzo (7 km in the municipality ) and Vicchio (12 km in the municipality ). Then he happened Dicomano (6 km in the municipality ), where he is by the rivers Comano and San Godenzo fed ( from San Godenzo coming ) and then passes by Rufina (7 km in the municipality ) and Pelago (2 km in the municipality ). It flows through Tuscany on a length of 60 km, before flowing in Pontassieve (6 km in the municipality ) in the Arno.

Pictures

The Sieve in Pontassieve

The Sieve in San Piero a Sieve (municipality Scarperia e San Piero )