Topino

Topino
Topino river
Location
CountryUmbria, Italy
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMonte Pennino
 • elevation649 m (2,129 ft)
MouthChiascio
 • location
Passaggio
 • coordinates
43°01′43″N 12°30′03″E / 43.0287°N 12.5008°E / 43.0287; 12.5008
Length50 km (31 mi)
Basin size1,234 km2 (476 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average12 m3/s (420 cu ft/s)
Basin features
ProgressionChiascioTiberTyrrhenian Sea

The Topino is a river in Umbria, central Italy. It was known in ancient times as Supunna by Umbri and later in Latin as Tinia[1] [2] and is mentioned by Dante Alighieri in the Canto XI of the Paradise. It is the main tributary of the Chiascio, in the Tiber basin [Wikidata]. It is about 50 km long, and its drainage basin covers 1,234 km2.[3]

  1. ^ Smith, W. (1854). "Tinia". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography.
  2. ^ Harris, W., R. Talbert, S. Gillies, T. Elliott, J. Becker (6 December 2020). "Places: 413340 (Tinea (river))". Pleiades. Retrieved 2 April 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Agenzia regionale di protezione ambientale dell'Umbria" (PDF). Caratterizzazione dei bacini idrografici e dei corpi idrici superficiali], Sottobacino Topino Marroggia (in Italian). p. 9.