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The Tiber (/ ˈ t aɪ b ər / TY-bər; Italian: Tevere; [1] Latin: Tiberis [2]) is the third-longest river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing 406 km (252 mi) through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where it is joined by the River Aniene, to the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Ostia and ...
The Tiber Valley (Italian: Valle del Tevere) is the largest geographical part of the Tiber basin [Wikidata] [1] of the Tiber river included in the Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, and the Lazio regions; it is characterized by river terraces and floodplain areas that extend from the Apennine belt up to the delta of the Tiber river in the Lazio coast [] of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Direct and indirect tributaries of the river Tiber
Schematic map of Rome showing the seven hills. The seven hills of Rome (Latin: Septem colles/montes Romae, Italian: Sette colli di Roma [ˈsɛtte ˈkɔlli di ˈroːma]) east of the river Tiber form the geographical heart of Rome, within the walls of the city.
Tiber Island is located in the southern bend of the Tiber. The island is boat-shaped, approximately 270 metres (890 feet) long and 67 metres (220 feet) wide, and has been connected with bridges to both sides of the river since antiquity.
As Regio XIV was situated across the Tiber, passage to and from this region to the rest of Rome was by bridge, of which there were eight: [9] the Pons Sublicius, Rome’s oldest bridge; the Pons Aemilius, known as the broken bridge; the Pons Fabricius, named after Lucius Fabricius, a curator of roads;
The Aniene (pronounced [aˈnjɛːne]; Latin: Aniō), formerly known as the Teverone, [1] is a 99-kilometer (62 mi) river in Lazio, Italy.It originates in the Apennines at Trevi nel Lazio and flows westward past Subiaco, Vicovaro, and Tivoli to join the Tiber in northern Rome.
The third river is the Nera, flowing into the Tiber further south, at Terni; its valley is called the Valnerina. The upper Nera cuts ravines in the mountains; the lower, in the Tiber basin [Wikidata], has created a wide floodplain. In antiquity, the plain was covered by a pair of shallow, interlocking lakes, the Lacus Clitorius and the Lacus Umber.