Abatesco

The Abatesco (Corsican: Abatescu) is a French coastal river which flows through the Haute-Corse department and empties into the Tyrrhenian Sea.

The watercourse is 24.8 kilometres (15.4 mi) long. The Abatesco originates 200 metres (660 ft) south of the summit of Monte Formicola, which is 1,981 metres (6, 499 ft) high, at an altitude of 1,700 metres (5, 600 ft) in the commune of San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo. The source is very close to the famous GR20 hiking trail. The upper section is called the Tassi torrent. It only takes the name of Abatesco about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from its source. It first flows from southwest to northeast, then generally flows from west to east. It flows into the Tyrrhenian Sea in the commune of Serra-di-Fiumorbo. Neighboring coastal rivers are the Fiumorbo to the north and the Travo to the south.

In the Haute-Corse department alone, the Abatesco drains four communes within one canton: Communes from upstream to downstream are: San-Gavino-di-Fiumorbo (source), Isolaccio-di-Fiumorbo, Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo, Serra-di-Fiumorbo (mouth). The Abatesco runs through the canton of Prunelli-di-Fiumorbo, the most southerly canton of Haute-Corse, in the arrondissement of Corte. On almost all of its route, it serves as a boundary for the communes it runs along: Serra-di-Fiumorbo on its right bank, San-Gavino, then Isolaccio and finally Prunelli on its left bank.

The surface of the Abatesco watershed is estimated as 111 square kilometres (43 sq mi) by Sandre, and as 89 square kilometres (34 sq mi) by a study published in the French Bulletin of Fishing and Fish Farming.

The managing body since passage of the Corsican law of 22 January 2002 has been the Corsican Basin Committee (Comité de bassin de Corse).

Flows through: France.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.