Geography
Rivers
What is the river that runs through Rome called?
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The Tiber
Explanation
The Tiber (in Italian: Tevere, in Latin: Tiberis) is with its 406 kms the third longest river in Italy after the rivers Po and Adige. It rises in the Apennine mountains in Emilia-Romagna and then flows west into the Tyrrhenian Sea. The river drains a basin of around 18.000 km². Rome was founded on the banks of this river.
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Question added 2008-04-13