The Natisone (; ; ) is a river in Slovenia and Italy. It flows for some time as a border river between Slovenia and Italy, continues in Slovenia and then crosses the border and continues in Eastern

Friuli Friuli (; ; or ; ; ) is a historical region of northeast Italy. The region is marked by its separate regional and ethnic identity predominantly tied to the Friulians, who speak the Friulian language. It comprises the major part of the autono ...

, in northeastern Italy. It is the main tributary of the Torre and a sub-affluent of the Isonzo. It has a pluvio-nival regime and belongs to the

Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Se ...

Basin. The Natisone is formed at above sea level on the border between Friuli and

Slovenia Slovenia, officially the Republic of Slovenia, is a country in Central Europe. It borders Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the south and southeast, and a short (46.6 km) coastline within the Adriati ...

by the confluence of two streams: the ''Rio Bianco'' () and the ''Rio Nero'' () which spring from the Punta di Montemaggiore and Gabrovec mountains. Before the confluence with the Torre, it passes through the municipalities of Pulfero and

Cividale del Friuli Cividale del Friuli (, locally ; ; ) is a town and (municipality) in the Regional decentralization entity of Udine, part of the North-Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The town lies above sea-level in the foothills of the eastern Alps, ...

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Condition of Nadiža
- graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in Potoki by

ARSO Arso may refer to: * Arso Jovanović (1907–1948), Yugoslav partisan general during World War II * Arso, Keerom, a district in Papua, Indonesia ** Arso Airport * Slovenian Environment Agency The Slovenian Environment Agency ( Slovenian: ''Agenci ...

) {{Authority control Rivers of Friuli-Venezia Giulia Rivers of the Province of Udine Rivers of the Slovene Littoral Italy–Slovenia border Border rivers International rivers of Europe Natura 2000 in Slovenia Rivers of Italy