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Sieve (river)

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River mouth
  
Arno River

Length
  
58 km

Country
  
Italy

Basin size
  
840 km (320 sq mi)

Source
  
Futa Pass

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Main source
  
near Futa Pass, Apennines, Italy 777 m (2,549 ft)

The Sieve is a river in Italy. It is a tributary of the Arno River, into which it flows at Pontassieve after a course of 62 km. The Sieve rises in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, near the Futa Pass, at 930 m of elevation.

Map of Fiume Sieve, Florence, Italy

The territory in which it flows is known in Italian as Valdisieve. In Italian language, the name "Sieve" is feminine, and is therefore referred to as La Sieve.

References

Sieve (river) Wikipedia