The Natisone ( fur, Nadison; sl, Nadiža; la, Natiso) is a river in Slovenia and Italy. It flows for some time as a border river between Slovenia and Italy, continues in Slovenia and then crosses the border and continues in Eastern

Friuli Friuli ( fur, Friûl, sl, Furlanija, german: Friaul) is an area of Northeast Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity containing 1,000,000 Friulians. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli Venezia Giuli ...

, in northeastern Italy. It is the main tributary of the Torre and a sub-affluent of the Isonzo. It has a

pluvio-nival regime The river regime generally describes the character of the typical fluctuations of flow of a river, but can also refer to the mathematical relationship between the river discharge and its width, depth and slope. Thus, "river regime" can describe one ...

and belongs to the

Adriatic Sea The Adriatic Sea () is a body of water separating the Italian Peninsula from the Balkan Peninsula. The Adriatic is the northernmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, extending from the Strait of Otranto (where it connects to the Ionian Sea) to th ...

Basin. The Natisone is formed at above sea level on the border between Friuli and

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and ...

by the confluence of two streams: the ''Rio Bianco'' ( sl, Beli potok) and the ''Rio Nero'' ( sl, Črni potok) which spring from the

Punta di Montemaggiore Punta is an Afro-indigenous dance and cultural music originating in the Caribbean Island of Saint Vincent And The Grenadines by the Garifuna people before being exiled from the island. Which is also known as Yurumei. It has African and Arawak ...

and Gabrovec mountains. Before the confluence with the Torre, it passes through the communes of Pulfero and

Cividale del Friuli Cividale del Friuli ( fur, Cividât (locally ); german: Östrich; sl, Čedad) is a town and '' comune'' in the Province of Udine, part of the North-Italian Friuli Venezia Giulia ''regione''. The town lies above sea-level in the foothills of th ...

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Condition of Nadiža
- graphs, in the following order, of water level, flow and temperature data for the past 30 days (taken in Potoki by ARSO) {{Authority control Rivers of Friuli-Venezia Giulia Rivers of the Province of Udine Rivers of the Slovene Littoral Italy–Slovenia border Border rivers International rivers of Europe Natura 2000 in Slovenia Rivers of Italy