Metauro
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The Metauro is a river in the Marche region of central Italy. It rises in the Apennine Mountains and runs east for or if the Meta is included as its uppermost reach.
Key facts
- River.name
- Metauro
- River.image
- Metauro à San Angelo in Vado.jpg
- River.image_caption
- The Metauro in Sant'Angelo in Vado
- River.source1_location
- near Monte dei Frati in the Province of Pesaro e Urbino
- River.mouth
- Adriatic Sea
- River.mouth_location
- near Fano
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.length_km
- 121
- River.basin_size_km2
- 1325
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Marche
- Image
- Metauro à San Angelo in Vado.jpg
- Length
- 110
- Significant event
- Battle of the Metaurus
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- Commons category
- Metauro
- mouth of the watercourse
- Adriatic Sea
- watershed area
- 1325
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- tributary
- Candigliano
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Battles
- References
- External links
The Metauro is a river in the Marche region of central Italy. It rises in the Apennine Mountains and runs east for or if the Meta is included as its uppermost reach.
The name of the river in Latin is Metaurus or Mataurus. In Ancient Greek, the name of the river is Métauros, Μέταυρος which stems simply from the union of the two torrents: Meta, running from the Apennine pass Bocca Trabaria, at an elevation of , and Auro, flowing from Monte Maggiore, at an elevation of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Metauro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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