Belice
Template:Short description Template:For Template:More footnotes Template:Infobox river The Belice (Template:IPA; Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a river of western Sicily, Italy. It is about Template:Convert long.Template:R From its main source near Piana degli Albanesi it runs south and west for Template:Convert as the Template:Lang ('Right Belice') until it is joined near Poggioreale by its secondary branch, the Template:Convert Template:Lang ('Left Belice'), which rises on the slopes of Rocca Busambra. The Belice proper then flows for another Template:Convert or so before entering the Strait of Sicily to the east of the ancient Greek archaeological site of Selinunte.
The middle section of the Belice valley was hit by the January 1968 Belice earthquake which completely destroyed numerous centres of population, including Gibellina, Montevago and Salaparuta. Three hundred and seventy people died, a thousand were injured and some 70,000 people were made homeless.