Simeto

For the Italian ships, see Simeto-class water tanker.

Simeto
The river's mouth
Location
Country	Italy
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Nebrodi Mountains
• elevation	about 1,700 m (5,600 ft)
Mouth	Ionian Sea
• coordinates	37.4003°N 15.0890°E / 37.4003; 15.0890
Length	116 km (72 mi)
Basin size	4,029 km^2 (1,556 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	25 m^3/s (880 cu ft/s)

The Simeto (Italian pronunciation: [siˈmɛːto]; Sicilian: Simetu; Latin: Symaethus; Greek: Σύμαιθος) is a 113-kilometre (70 mi) long river in Sicily, southern Italy. At 116 kilometres (72 mi), it is the second longest river on the island after the Salso (also known as Southern Imera), but the most important in terms of watershed (4,029 km² (1,556 sq mi)).^[1] It flows through the province of Enna and the province of Catania.

Its source is located near Bronte, from the union of several streams of the Nebrodi Mountains. After receiving its first affluent, the Troina, the river starts running southwards into a spectacular canyon of lava from eruptions of Mount Etna. Near Adrano, Simeto constitutes the boundary between the province of Catania and that of Enna, and receives the Salso,^[2] then flows near Paternò.

Simeto's final course is slower and twisting, being all included in the plain of Catania; its last confluences are with the Dittaino and the Gornalunga, before flowing into the Ionian Sea south to the metropolitan area of Catania.

Notes

1. Bacino Idrografico del Fiume Simeto (094), Relazione bacino, Regione Siciliana, p. 1-2
2. Not to be confused with the larger Salso River of western Sicily.