The Flumendosa 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 southern
Sardinia
Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...
,
Italy
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. With a length of , it is the second longest river of the island behind the
Tirso.
The Flumendosa's springs are located in the
Gennargentu massif, at the foot of the Monte Armidda; it flows into the
Tyrrhenian Sea
The Tyrrhenian Sea (, ; or ) , , , , is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenians, Tyrrhenian people identified with the Etruscans of Italy.
Geography
The sea is bounded by the islands of C ...
near the towns of
Muravera and
Villaputzu. It drains a basin of about . Before the construction of two large dams, it had a discharge of .
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of Sardinia
Rivers of the Province of South Sardinia
Drainage basins of the Tyrrhenian Sea
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