River
Magra
70 km from source to mouth · Italy.
ItalyFlows into Ligurian Sea
In numbers
Length
70km
Average flow
40m³/s
Basin
1,686km²
Drop
225m
from 225 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
70 km of river and 21 stops on the way: 14 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 225 m
- 0 kmbridge of Groppodalosio
- 0 kmPonte Pompeo Spagnoli
- 0 kmponte del Carmine
- 0 kmPonte dei Quattro Santi
- 0 kmPonte Cesare Battisti
- 0 kmPontremoli5,208 people
- 17 kmVillafranca in Lunigiana3,070 people
- 28 kmTerrarossa1,334 people
- 33 kmAulla4,321 people
- 35 kmPodenzana1,819 people
- 41 kmCaprigliola bridge
- 42 kmAlbiano Magra1,907 people
- 46 kmCeparana-Carpena5,951 people
- 49 kmVezzano Ligure1,392 people
- 51 kmSanto Stefano di Magra8,153 people
- 51 kmVaratributary
- 51 kmStazione-Fornola2,990 people
- 55 kmArcola5,941 people
- 59 kmRomito Magra2,558 people
- 61 kmSarzana20,435 people
- 67 kmAmeglia2,617 people
- 70 kmLigurian Seaat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Italy
At the mouth it carries 40 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 62 seconds. It drops from 225 m to 0 m, 3.2 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 1,686 km², about the size of GP. 138,000 people live in it. Highest water: from November to January; lowest: from June to August. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- SarzanaLargest city on its banks · 20,435 people
- Pisa International Airport (PSA)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 59 km from the cityCar hire at PSA airport (Pisa)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water7 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Magra, month by month
Highest water: from November to January
Lowest water: from June to August. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 9.5 m³/s in the lowest month to 110 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Magra: the basin in numbers
1,671 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 138,000people live in the basin
- 83/km²people per km²
- 546maverage altitude of the basin
- 917mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 11.4°Caverage air temperature
- 7%protected areas
What covers the basin
- 91% Forest
- 2% Cropland
- 4% Pasture
- 6% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Magra: what you find on the way
- 5Weirs
- 8WaterfallsCascatella Servirola, Cascatella, Cascatella del Sassino and 5 more
- 1Boat ramps
- 6MarinasLuni Yachting, Marina 3B, Bocca di Magra Ar-Nav Harbour and 3 more
- 18River beachesBagno Ivana, Bagno Arcobaleno, Bagno San Marco and 15 more
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.3 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Magra in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
23beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
19mountains at the sourcePeakyas
4islands off the mouthIslandyas
Beaches (23)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Spiaggia Forte dei Marmi18 km away25.2°C
- Spiaggia Marina di Pietrasanta22 km away25.2°C
- Spiaggia della Marinella di San Terenzo7.5 km away25.1°C
- Spiaggia Del Persico15 km away25.1°C
- Spiaggia Libera dell'Olivo11 km away25.1°C
- Spiaggia Fiumaretta di Amegliakm 4525.2°C
- Spiaggia Eco Del Mare5.1 km away25.2°C
- Spiaggia di San Terenzo7.3 km away25.1°C
15 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
Mountains at the source (19)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Monte Sillara14 km away · prominence 663 m1,861m
- Monte Marmagna9.1 km away · prominence 171 m1,852m
- Monte Orsaro9.2 km away · prominence 117 m1,831m
- Monte Losanna15 km away1,856m
- Monte Braiola8.8 km away · prominence 97 m1,818m
- Monte Brusa11 km away · prominence 116 m1,794m
- Monte Aquila9.8 km away1,780m
- Monte Molinatico10 km away · prominence 509 m1,549m
11 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (4)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Tino11 km away0.1km²
- Palmaria11 km away1.6km²
- Tinetto11 km away0.0km²
- Scoglio Ferale16 km away0.0km²
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Magra in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (4)
Also: Vara, Aulella, Taverone, Verde
Nearby
Rivers nearby
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q692549) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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