The Topino is a river in

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, central

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. It was known in ancient times as ''Supunna'' by

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and later in

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as ''Tinia'' and is mentioned by

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in the ''Canto'' XI of the ''

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''. It is the main tributary of the

Chiascio The Chiascio is a river of Umbria, central Italy. It is a left tributary of the Tiber. It is 95 km long, and its drainage basin covers 1962 km2. Its largest tributary is the Topino The Topino is a river in Umbria, central Italy. It was k ...

, in the

Tiber The Tiber ( ; it, Tevere ; la, Tiberis) is the third-longest river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where it is joined by the Riv ...

basin. It is about 50 km long, and its drainage basin covers 1,234 km².Agenzia regionale di protezione ambientale dell'Umbria
Caratterizzazione dei bacini idrografici e dei corpi idrici superficiali
Sottobacino Topino Marroggia, p. 9 of 22. Its spring is on the slopes of the

Monte Pennino Monte Pennino is a mountain in the Appennino Umbro-Marchigiano range in Italy. The mountain is on the border between the province of Macerata in the Marche region of Italy and the province of Perugia in the Umbria it, Umbro (man) it, Umbra ...

, at , in the territory of

Nocera Umbra Nocera Umbra is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Perugia, Italy, 15 kilometers north of Foligno, at an altitude of 520 m above sea-level. The ''comune'', covering an area of 157.19 km², is one of the largest in Umbria. History Ancie ...

. Topino's tributaries include the Menotre, the

Clitunno The Clitunno, in Antiquity the Clitumnus, is a river in Umbria, Italy. The name is of uncertain origin, but it was also borne by the river god. The Clitunno rises from a spring within a dozen metres of the ancient Via Flaminia near the town of ...

(known as Timia past its confluence with Marroggia creek) and the Ose. After passing through the ''

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'' of Valtopina,

Foligno Foligno (; Southern Umbrian: ''Fuligno'') is an ancient town of Italy in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. It is located so ...

Bevagna Bevagna is a town and ''comune'' in the central part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria), in the flood plain of the Topino river. Bevagna is south-east of Perugia, west of Foligno, north-north-west of Montefalco, south of Assisi and ...

, Cannara and

Bettona Bettona (Latin: ''Vettona'') is an ancient town and comune of Italy, in the province of Perugia in central Umbria at the northern edge of the Colli Martani range. It is 5 km (3 mi) E of Torgiano and 12 km (7 mi) SW of Assisi. P ...

, it joins the Chiascio at

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Rivers of Italy Rivers of the Province of Perugia {{Italy-river-stub