Aso (river)

Aso
Location
CountryItaly
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMonti Sibillini, near Foce
 • elevation950 m (3,120 ft)
MouthAdriatic Sea
 • location
Pedaso
 • coordinates
43°06′11″N 13°50′32″E / 43.1030°N 13.8422°E / 43.1030; 13.8422
 • elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length63 km (39 mi)
Basin size242 km2 (93 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average2.6 m3/s (92 cu ft/s)

The Aso (Latin: Helvinus)[1] is a 63-kilometre (39 mi) river in the Marche region of Italy. For most of its course the river marks the boundary between the provinces of Ascoli Piceno and Fermo

The river's source is in the Monti Sibillini, near Foce in the Comune of Montemonaco, at an elevation of 950 metres (3,120 ft). The Aso flows through the settlements of Tofe, San Giorgio all’Isola, Illice, Piane, Comunanza, Montecchio, Madonna del Lago, Aso and Rubbianello before entering the Adriatic Sea at Pedaso, where it delivers a mean discharge of 2.6 cubic metres per second (92 cu ft/s).

  1. ^ Richard J.A. Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World: Map-By-Map Directory. Vol. I. Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press. p. 609. ISBN 0691049459.