TIBER RIVER (TEVERE)

TIBER RIVER (TEVERE)
   The major, 405-kilometer-long river that rises on Monte Fumaiolo in the northern part of the central Apennines and runs through central Italy, draining a catchment of some 17,169 square kilometers, providing the southern and eastern border to Etruria. This river provided an important navigation route into the heart of Etruria. In the course of its flow, it changed from a more seasonal river in its upper reaches to the perennial and substantial flow once joined by tributaries such as the Aniene and Nera.

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  • Tiber River — Italian Tevere River, Italy. The country s second longest river, it rises in the Tuscan Apennines, and flows south for 252 mi (405 km), ultimately passing through the city of Rome before entering the Mediterranean at Ostia. It was an important… …   Universalium

  • Tiber — Infobox river river name = Tevere caption= origin = Mount Fumaiolo mouth = Tyrrhenian Sea basin countries = Italy length = 406 km elevation = 1,268 m mouth elevation = discharge = 267 m³/s (in Rome) watershed =17,375 km²The Tiber (Latin Tiberis …   Wikipedia

  • Tevere —  Italian name for the Tiber River …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • Tiber — [tī′bər] [L Tiberis] river in central Italy, flowing from the Apennines south through Rome into the Tyrrhenian Sea: c. 250 mi (402 km): It. name TEVERE …   English World dictionary

  • Aniene River — River, central Italy. It rises in the Simbruini Mountains southeast of Rome and meanders 67 mi (108 km) to join the Tiber River north of Rome. Nero created a group of artificial lakes in its upper course and built a villa there, the remains of… …   Universalium

  • Tevere — noun a river of central Italy; flows through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea • Syn: ↑Tiber • Instance Hypernyms: ↑river …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tiber — noun a river of central Italy; flows through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea • Syn: ↑Tevere • Instance Hypernyms: ↑river …   Useful english dictionary

  • Tiber — or Italian Tevere geographical name river 252 miles (405 kilometers) central Italy flowing through Rome into Tyrrhenian Sea …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Tiber — /tuy beuhr/, n. a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 mi. (395 km) long. Italian, Tevere. * * * …   Universalium

  • Tiber — Ti•ber [[t]ˈtaɪ bər[/t]] n. geg a river in central Italy, flowing through Rome into the Mediterranean. 244 mi. (395 km) long Italian, Tevere …   From formal English to slang

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