The Piomba is an Italian river in

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. The source of the river is near

Cermignano Cermignano (locally ''Cirmignanë'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Teramo in the Abruzzo region of eastern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Euro ...

in the

province of Teramo The Province of Teramo ( it, provincia di Teramo; Abruzzese: ') is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Teramo. The province has an area of , a population of 313,029 (2012), and is subdivided into 47 comunes ( i ...

. The river flows southeast past Cellino Attanasio before entering the

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. The river flows close to the border with Teramo before it enters the

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north of the mouth of the Saline and south of Silvi. The Piomba has been identified as the ancient ''Matrinus''.

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Rivers of the Province of Teramo Rivers of the Province of Pescara Rivers of Italy Adriatic Italian coast basins {{Italy-river-stub