The Chiascio is a
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
of
Umbria
Umbria ( ; ) is a Regions of Italy, region of central Italy. It includes Lake Trasimeno and Cascata delle Marmore, Marmore Falls, and is crossed by the Tiber. It is the only landlocked region on the Italian Peninsula, Apennine Peninsula. The re ...
, central
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
. It is a left tributary of the
Tiber
The Tiber ( ; ; ) is the List of rivers of Italy, third-longest river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where it is joined by the R ...
. It is 95 km long, and its
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
covers 1962 km
2. Its largest tributary is the
Topino
The Topino is a river in Umbria, central Italy. It was known in ancient times as ''Supunna'' by Umbri and later in Latin as ''Tinia''
and is mentioned by Dante Alighieri in the ''Canto'' XI of the ''Paradiso (Dante), Paradise''. It is the main t ...
, which covers 60% of its drainage basin.
[Agenzia regionale di protezione ambientale dell'Umbria]
Caratterizzazione dei bacini idrografici e dei corpi idrici superficiali
Sottobacino Chiascio , p. 7 of 22.
References
External links
* http://www.arpa.umbria.it/canale.asp?id=423
Rivers of the Province of Perugia
Rivers of Italy
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