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Tiber

a river in central Italy, rising in the Tuscan Apennines and flowing south through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea. Length: 405 km (252 miles)
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Tiber

 

(in Italian, Tevere), a river in Italy. The Tiber, the major watercourse of the Italian Peninsula, measures 405 km in length and drains an area of 16,500 sq km. It originates in the southern Tuscan Apennines, and in its upper and middle courses is a mountain river with alternating ravines and basins. There are rapids and waterfalls on the tributaries of the Tiber at Le Mar-more, Tivoli, and elsewhere. In its lower course, the river flows through the Maremma. A delta 250 sq km in area is formed at the river’s mouth on the Tyrrhenian Sea.

The Tiber, fed primarily by rain, has freshets from November to March or April and occasional floods. The river carries a large amount of suspended matter. The mean flow rate is 260 cu m per sec. The Corbara-Baschi and Galleto hydroelectric power plants are situated in the river basin. The Tiber is used for irrigation. Rome is located on the river.

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