The Tammaro (Tàmmaro) is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in southwestern
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 re ...
, with a length of and catchment area of .
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/ref> It rises in the Sella del Vinchiaturo
Sella may refer to:
Places
* Sella, Alicante, a municipality in Spain
* Sella, Greece, a village in Greece
* Sella group, mountains in the Dolomites
* Sella River (Bay of Biscay), Asturias, Spain
* Sella River (Guam)
Other uses
* Sella (surname)
...
in the Apennine Mountains
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with plural meaning;''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which wou ...
and is a tributary of the Calore Irpino river. In ancient times it was known by the Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
name ''Tamarus''.
References
Rivers of the Province of Campobasso
Rivers of the Province of Benevento
Rivers of Italy
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