River
Serchio
111 km from source to mouth · Italy.
ItalyFlows into Ligurian Sea
In numbers
Length
111km
Average flow
31m³/s
Basin
1,404km²
Drop
446m
from 442 m to -4 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
111 km of river and 20 stops on the way: 18 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 442 m
- 0 kmPiazza al Serchio-San Michele1,071 people
- 5 kmSan Romano in Garfagnana1,432 people
- 14 kmPieve Fosciana1,785 people
- 16 kmCastelnuovo di Garfagnana4,983 people
- 29 kmGallicano2,556 people
- 32 kmFornaci di Barga2,357 people
- 37 kmPiano di Coreglia-Ghivizzano3,447 people
- 43 kmBagni di Lucca3,090 people
- 46 kmPonte della Maddalena
- 47 kmBorgo a Mozzano6,666 people
- 48 kmLimatributary
- 55 kmValdottavo1,248 people
- 70 kmLucca88,798 people
- 84 kmFilettole1,382 people
- 88 kmAvane1,157 people
- 89 kmPontasserchio6,132 people
- 89 kmOrzignano1,020 people
- 94 kmVecchiano-Nodica6,324 people
- 94 kmMetato1,911 people
- 99 kmMigliarino2,807 people
- 111 kmLigurian Seaat -4 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 31 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 80 seconds. It drops from 442 m to -4 m, 4.0 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 1,404 km². 194,000 people live in it. Highest water: from November to December; lowest: from June to August. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- LuccaLargest city on its banks · 88,798 people
- Pisa International Airport (PSA)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 21 km from the cityCar hire at PSA airport (Pisa)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water1 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Serchio, month by month
Highest water: from November to December
Lowest water: from June to August. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 7.3 m³/s in the lowest month to 60 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
Serchio: the basin in numbers
1,508 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 194,000people live in the basin
- 130/km²people per km²
- 655maverage altitude of the basin
- 900mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 10.8°Caverage air temperature
- 13%protected areas
- 0.7%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 82% Forest
- 4% Cropland
- 32% Pasture
- 9% 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
Serchio: what you find on the way
- 12Weirs
- 2Locks
- 1Waterfalls
- 1MarinasPontili Bocca di Serchio
- 1River beachesSpiaggia degli indiani
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.3 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Serchio 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.
7beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
28mountains at the sourcePeakyas
1island off the mouthIslandyas
Beaches (7)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Spiaggia libera per cani22 km away25.2°C
- Spiaggia Forte dei Marmi21 km away25.2°C
- Spiaggia Marina di Pietrasanta17 km away25.2°C
- Spiaggia Lido di Camaiore13 km away25.2°C
- Spiaggia Viareggio10 km away25.2°C
- La Lecciona6.6 km away25.2°C
- Spiaggia Verruca22 km away25.2°C
Mountains at the source (28)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Monte Prado6.6 km away · prominence 288 m2,054m
- Monte Cusna5.3 km away · prominence 731 m2,121m
- Alpe di Succiso13 km away · prominence 770 m2,017m
- Monte La Nuda7.4 km away1,893m
- Monte La Piella6.1 km away2,008m
- Monte Vecchio7.7 km away1,982m
- Monte Cavalbianco4.0 km away1,855m
- Monte Cella8.4 km away1,942m
20 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (1)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Meloria26 km away
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
Serchio in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (2)
Also: Lima, Corfino River
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q247494) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth 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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