I found this in Britannica:
Arno River
Italian FIUME ARNO, Latin ARNUS, principal stream of the Toscana (Tuscany)
region, in central Italy. Rising on the slopes of Monte Falterona in the
Tuscan Apennines, it flows for 150 mi (240 km) to the Ligurian Sea,
receiving the Sieve, Pesa, Elsa, and Era rivers. Its drainage basin covers
3,184 sq mi (8,247 sq km). Navigation on the river is negligible. In its
upper course the Arno flows generally south through the former lake basin
called Casentino, to turn west and north at Arezzo. The fertile valley of
its middle course is called the Valdarno.
Below Florence the river enters a gorge at Golfolina and begins its lower
course westward past Empoli and Pisa to the sea, where the ancient delta has
been reclaimed and the river reaches the sea through a single mouth. The
valley of the Arno has been substantially modified by man: in its upper
course the Val di Chiana now drains to the Tiber, and in its middle section
are flood-control works (some designed by Leonardo da Vinci), though a
sudden flood in 1966 inundated Florence.
-- John
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From: Tor Torhaug <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 7:22 AM
Subject: The river Elsa in Ovid
> Dear Italian-studies list
>
> I'm sitting pondering Dante's use of the story of Pyramus and Thisbe in
> Purgatorio. On looking up Elsa, the river, in the Enciclopedia Dantesca,
I
> read: "Le sue acque sono particolarmente dure: da cio' la proprieta',
nota
> fin dall'antichita' (Ovidio, Plinio) S di formare incrostazioni sui corpi
> che vi si immergono." The author of the article, Adolfo Cecilia, does
not
> give a precise reference to his classical sources, and a quick look
through
> the indices of my Loeb Ovid do not give any references to "Elsa".
>
> I now live in Islamabad, Pakistan, and I do not have access to any more
> sophisticated reference books, so if any of the erudite members of the
list
> know their Ovid better than I do, could they please help me with a
> reference.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Tor Torhaug
>
>
>
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