Between the Matta tidal flats and the Punta del Masurin, there is a large tidal plain that is muddy further inland and sandy towards the sea. There are large beds of dwarf...

Entry from the Gulf of Trieste towards the Isonzo cannot be effected through the present river mouth, which is too shallow but via a canal excavated into the left bank called...

Between the dam of the Litoranea and the lighthouse of Punta Sdobba there is a wide range of habitats: reed beds, tidal flats, sandy-gravelly islets and a vast mudflat that is...

Between Sdobba and Primero there is a large area of sandy and muddy tidal flats limited towards land by the Forane Fossalon sea wall. This is a rich fishing area, as witnessed by...

The Valle Cavanata is what remains of the eastern part of the Grado lagoon between the Isonzo and the Primero, reclaimed in the 1930s. The residual lagoon was transformed into...

The Caneo is the western side of the Isonzo river mouth. The name refers to the habitat, a reed bed (“canneto”) of Phragmites australis which grows where there is low or no...

The Isonzato is the last tributary of the Isonzo. It collects spring water and rainwater from the land on the right side of the Isonzo and from the reclaimed areas of Fossalon,...

The easternmost part of the Grado lagoon has been mostly drained and the Primero basin was consequently also reduced. Currently, the mouth feeds the area of canals around the...

The “valle” or fish pool (the term derives from the Latin value or dam, barrier) is a stretch of dammed lagoon within which the movement of the tides is reduced drastically or...