With its 37 kilometres, it is among Cilento main watercourses, of which it is particularly rich. It rises from the slopes of mount Cervati, 900 metres of altitude from the spring of Varco La Pela in the municipality of Sanza.
After the first 20 kilometres, it meets the artificial dam forming Lake Sabetta, to start running again up to Caselle in Pittari. There, it enters in a deep sinkhole and after a long hypogeal section, under mount Pannello, it re-emerges after 5 kilometres at Morigerati. Once the waters of the Bussentino received, it flows into the Gulf of Policastro.
