Editing Rimini (section)

==== Rivers and streams ====
[[File:PONTE di TIBERIO vista aerea.JPG|thumb|An aerial view of [[Ponte di Tiberio (Rimini)|Ponte di Tiberio]], at the end of Rimini's canal port, showing the XXV April Park in the background along which the [[Marecchia]] used to flow, in September 2015]]
Rimini's city centre was founded between two rivers: the [[Marecchia]] and the [[Ausa (river)|Ausa]]. Until the 1960s, the Ausa flowed south of Rimini's city centre, running between the present-day Rimini Sud junction of the [[Autostrada A14 (Italy)|A14 tolled highway]] and the [[Arch of Augustus (Rimini)|Arch of Augustus]], where it turned north-east along the old city walls to empty at Piazzale Kennedy. From the 1960s, the Ausa was diverted to flow parallel to the {{Interlanguage link|SS16|it|Strada statale 16 Adriatica}} state road along cemented banks, and empty into the Marecchia.<ref name="Rimini-2022">{{cite web |title=Parco Ausa |trans-title=Ausa Park |url=https://www.ecomuseorimini.it/parco-ausa/ |access-date=14 March 2022 |publisher=Ecomuseo Rimini |language=it-IT}}</ref> The diversion was completed in 1972, with the Ausa's former route reduced to a sewage outlet,<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=7 August 2023 |title=7 agosto 1763 - La burrasca spazza via tutte le barche nel porto di Rimini |trans-title=7 August 1763 – The storm sweeps away all the boats in the port of Rimini |url=https://www.chiamamicitta.it/7-agosto-1763-bufera-distrugge-tutte-le-barche-nel-porto-rimini/ |access-date=3 January 2024 |website=Chiamami Città |language=it-IT}}</ref> and redeveloped into a series of public parks.<ref name="Rimini-2022" />

The Marecchia itself, which flows north of Rimini, was also deviated to empty into the Adriatic Sea further north, between San Giuliano Mare and Rivabella. The deviation was prompted because the river was subjected to periodic, destructive floods near its mouth, where the riverbed became narrow after various bends. The ancient riverbed is still used as Rimini's harbour.<ref>''L'Emilia-Romagna paese per paese'', Firenze, Bonechi, 1984, p. 250.</ref>

Rimini's southern boundary with the municipality of Riccione is marked by the Rio dell'Asse, a minor stream.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Masini |first=Manlio |date=2 November 2022 |title=La contesa tra Rimini e Riccione sui confini e il ponte sul Marano |trans-title=The dispute between Rimini and Riccione over their borders and the bridge over the Marano |url=https://www.corriereromagna.it/la-contesa-tra-rimini-e-riccione-sui-confini-e-il-ponte-sul-marano/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |website=[[Corriere Romagna]] |language=it-IT}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Referendum popolari 2003 |trans-title=Popular referenda 2003 |url=https://www.comune.rimini.it/documenti/referendum-popolari-2003 |access-date=30 June 2023 |publisher=Comune di Rimini |language=it}}</ref>