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Liri | |
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Location | |
Country | Italy |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Monti Simbruini |
• elevation | about 1,000 m (3,300 ft) |
Mouth | Garigliano |
• coordinates | 41°24′35″N 13°51′46″E / 41.4098°N 13.8627°E |
Length | 120 km (75 mi) |
Basin size | 4,140 km2 (1,600 sq mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | 50 m3/s (1,800 cu ft/s) (at Pontecorvo) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Garigliano→ Tyrrhenian Sea |
The Liri (Latin Liris or Lyris, previously, Clanis; Greek: Λεῖρις) is one of the principal rivers of central Italy, flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea a little below Minturno[1] under the name Garigliano.