The Tissino is a small
watercourse
A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to by a variety of local or regional names. Long large streams ...
of eastern
Umbria
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in
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. Its source is a few hundred meters South of
Usigni, at an approximate altitude of 1000 m (3300 ft), and it flows for about {{convert, 20, km, mi, abbr=on, almost due north, past the towns of
Usigni,
Poggiodomo
Poggiodomo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Perugia in the Italian region Umbria, located about 80 km southeast of Perugia.
Poggiodomo borders the following municipalities: Cascia, Cerreto di Spoleto, Monteleone di Spoleto, S ...
,
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.
The Tissino is not to be confused with the
Tescino, about a dozen km away, that flows into the Nera at
Terni
Terni ( , ; lat, Interamna (Nahars)) is a city in the southern portion of the region of Umbria in central Italy. It is near the border with Lazio. The city is the capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is ...
; nor with the
Ticino
Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...
, a large river of northern Italy.
Rivers of Umbria
Rivers of Italy