The Tissino is a small
watercourse
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of eastern
Umbria
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in
Italy
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. Its source is a few hundred meters South of
Usigni, at an approximate altitude of 1000 m (3300 ft), and it flows for about , almost due north, past the towns of
Usigni,
Poggiodomo,
Roccatamburo and
Mucciafora, high above the river in the massif of Mounts Coscerno and Bacugno on its west bank, then past
Rocchetta and
Ponte also high above it on the ridge of Monte Maggio on its east bank; and flows into the
Nera at about 380 m (1250 ft) altitude, at about 1 km SW of
Cerreto Borgo.
References
Rivers of Umbria
Rivers of Italy
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