Aglia (Abatesco)

Stream in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica

Aglia

Pont de Nodu, a former railway bridge, crossing the stream

Native name| Ruisseau d'Aglia (French)
Location
Country| France
Region| Corsica
Department| Haute-Corse
Commune| Serra-di-Fiumorbo
Physical characteristics
Source| East of Punta di Quarcio Grosso
• location| Ventiseri
• coordinates| 41°57′20″N 9°18′59″E﻿ / ﻿41.95561°N 9.31646°E﻿ / 41.95561; 9.31646
Mouth| Abatesco

• coordinates

| 41°59′02″N 9°23′05″E﻿ / ﻿41.98400°N 9.38467°E﻿ / 41.98400; 9.38467
Length| 9 kilometres (5.6 mi)
Basin features
Progression| Abatesco→ Tyrrhenian Sea

The Aglia (French: Ruisseau d'Aglia) is a 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) long stream in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, a tributary of the Abatesco.

## History

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Some historians say there may have been a town called Aglia along the stream of that name.[1] The stream gives its name to the prehistoric site of Aglia in Serra-di-Fiumorbo (Sarra di Fiumorbu).[2] When the railway line was being built in 1927 a prehistoric necropolis, known as Aglia, was uncovered at a place called Nodo. It has many tombs, each covered by a curved slab, which are arranged in groups. The skeletons are accompanied by stone axes, arrowheads and spears, and some have arrangements of small multi-colored pebbles and fragments of quartz.[1]

## Geography

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The Aglia is one of the three main tributaries of the Abatesco, the others being the Buva and the Biaccino.[3] It rises in Ventiseri to the east of Punta di Quarcio Grosso, a 1,045 metres (3,428 ft) peak.[4] It flows for 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) through Serra-di-Fiumorbo in a northeast direction to join the Abatesco to the south of Morta. The stream has no named tributaries. It crosses the communes of Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo, Serra-di-Fiumorbo and Ventiseri.[5]

A local road running west from Pont de l'Abatesco to the D545 crosses the stream at Tozzi and then follows it upstream to a point just north of Pont du Nodo where the D545 crosses the stream.[6] The Pont du Nodo was formerly a bridge on the Côte orientale corse railway line, and has particularly well-preserved masonry.

## Notes

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1. ^ a b Chiari & Laborde.
2. ^ Fium’Orbu Castellu.
3. ^ Moretti 2017, p. 7.
4. ^ Relation: Ruisseau d'Aglia (10522725).
5. ^ Ruisseau d'Aglia Sandre.
6. ^ Hausmann & Hausmann 2019, pp. 158–159.

## Sources

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* Chiari, Laurent; Laborde, Mathieu, "Serra-di-Fiumorbo", Médiathèque Culturelle de la Corse et des Corses (in French), Università di Corsica Pasquale Paoli / Collectivité Territoriale de Corse, retrieved 2021-11-22
* "Fium'Orbu Castellu", France, le trésor des régions (in French), retrieved 2021-11-22
* Hausmann, Willi; Hausmann, Kristin (2019), Corse: Mare e Monti - Mare a mare. Toutes les étapes. Avec traces GPS (in French), Bergverlag Rother GmbH, pp. 208 pages, ISBN 9783763349487, retrieved 2021-11-22
* Moretti, Frédéric (2017), Plan de prévention des risques naturels d'inondations des communes de Ghisonaccia, Prunelli di Fiumorbu et Serra di Fiumorbu (PDF) (in French), Departement de la Haute Corse, retrieved 2021-11-22
* "Relation: Ruisseau d'Aglia (10522725)", OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2021-11-22
* "Ruisseau d'Aglia", Sandre (in French), Service d'administration nationale des données et référentiels sur l'eau, retrieved 2021-11-22

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Waterbodies of the Haute-Corse department

Waterbodies|

| Lagoons|

* Biguglia
* Crovani
* Diane
* Palo
* Sale
* Urbino

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Lakes|

* Bettaniella
* Capitellu
* Cinto
* Goria
* Melu
* Nino
* Oriente

Reservoirs|

* Alesani
* Alzitone
* Argentella
* Bacciana
* Calacuccia
* Calca Tavulaghjiu
* Codole
* Corscia
* Padula
* Peri
* Sampolo
* Teppe Rosse
* Trévadine

Rivers and streams|

Clockwise; west to north to east to south

Coastal|

| West coast|

* Fango
* Figarella
* Seccu
* Regino
* Ostriconi
* Liscu
* Santu
* Buggiu
* Aliso

|

Cap Corse|

* Fium'Albino
* Olmeta
* Guadu Grande
* Acqua Tignese
* Luri
* Pietracorbara
* Sisco
* Poggiolo

East coast|

* Bevinco
* Golo
* Fium'Alto
* Buccatoggio
* Alesani
* Alistro
* Chiosura
* Bravone
* Tavignano
* Fiumorbo
* Abatesco
* Travo
* Chiola
* Solenzara

Tributaries|

| Golo|

* Asco
* Casaluna
* Erco
* Tartagine (Asco)

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Tavignano|

* Corsiglièse
* Restonica
* Tagnone
* Vecchio

Other|

* Aglia (Abatesco)
* Saltaruccio (Fiumorbo)
* Varagno (Fiumorbo)

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* Landforms
* Waterbodies
* Corse-du-Sud

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