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Rizzanese
River in Corsica
The Rizzanese (French: Rivière u Rizzanese) is a coastal river in the southwest of department of Corse-du-Sud, Corsica, France. It is dammed near Sorbollano to form the Rizzanese Reservoir, which stores water for irrigation and supplies the largest hydroelectric power plant in Corsica, with installed capacity of 55 MW.
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It flows into the Mediterranean Sea near the town of Propriano. The Rizzanese is 44.15 kilometres (27.43 mi) long, It crosses the communes of Arbellara, Cargiaca, Levie, Loreto-di-Tallano, Olmiccia, Propriano, Quenza, Sartène, Serra-di-Scopamène, Sorbollano, San-Gavino-di-Carbini, Sainte-Lucie-de-Tallano, Viggianello, Zonza and Zoza. The Rizzanese rises in the commune of Zonza south of the 1,214 metres (3,983 ft) Castellucciu and north of the 1,381 metres (4,531 ft) Monte Calva. It flows northwest and then west past the village of Zonza, then flows west, southwest past Zoza and west again to enter the sea in the Golfe du Valinco just north of the Propriano Airport. The river is dammed by the Barrage du Rizzanese to the south of the village of Sorbollano. The dam is owned by Électricité de France (EDF) and impounds 1,000,000 cubic metres (35,000,000 cu ft) of water. A tunnel carries water from the dam to the hydroelectric power station at Sainte Lucie de Tallano in the Levo plain. With installed capacity of 55 MW the power plant delivers almost 40% of the island's hydroelectricity.
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