San Pietro (creek)

San Pietro
Location
Country	Italy
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	SE slopes of Monte Torre (Ligurian Alps)
Mouth	Ligurian Sea
• location	Diano Marina (IM)
• coordinates	43°54′37.76″N 8°05′11.08″E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	10.26 km (6.38 mi)[1]
Basin size	18.02 km^2 (6.96 sq mi)[1]

The San Pietro[2] or Evigno[3] is a 10.2-kilometre (6.3 mi) stream of Liguria (Italy).

Geography

The creek in Diano San Pietro

The creek is formed close to the village of Evigno (comune of Diano Arentino) from the union of several streams descending the south-eastern slopes of monte Torre (990 m).[2] Going SSW, a direction the creek will keep till to its mouth, it reaches Diano San Pietro where it gets from the left rio Beste, its main tributary. San Pietro watercourse marks for a long stretch the border between the comuni of Diano Castello (West side) and Diano San Pietro. Not faraway from its mouth, which is located in comune of Diano Marina, the San Pietro is crossed by Genoa–Ventimiglia railway, Autostrada dei Fiori and State highway nr.1 (Via Aurelia).

The valley of San Pietro is also called Valle Dianese and borders to the West with Impero valley, to the North for a short stretch with Merula valley and to the East with Steria valley.

San Pietro basin (18 km2) is totally included in the Province of Imperia.[4]

Main tributaries

• Right hand:
  • rio Cuni,
  • rio Olivette,
  • rio de Murte;
• left hand:
  • rio Cian della Ciappa,
  • rio di Camporotondo,
  • rio Zuccamleo,
  • rio Beste.

Fishing

San Pietro mouth

The San Pietro is not considered very suitable for fishing; between Roncagli and Diano San Pietro among its scarce fish fauna cyprinis tend to prevail.[1]

References

1. AA.VV. Bacino dell'Evigno o S.Pietro (PDF) (in Italian). Provincia di Imperia. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
2. "Carta tecnica regionale su Limiti Amministrativi (Comunali, Provinciali, Regionali) sc. 1:25000". geoportale.regione.liguria.it. Regione Liguria. 2011.
3. Andrea Gandolfo (2005). La provincia di Imperia: A-L (in Italian). Blu edizioni. ISBN 9788879040112. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
4. 1:25.000 map of the Istituto Geografico Militare, on-line on www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer

See also

• List of rivers of Italy

Media related to Torrente San Pietro at Wikimedia Commons