Neto (river)

Coordinates: 39°12′21″N 17°08′53″E / 39.2057°N 17.1480°E / 39.2057; 17.1480
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Neto
The Neto near Santa Severina
Location
CountryItaly
RegionCalabria
Physical characteristics
SourceSila Mountains
 • locationTimpone Sorbella
 • elevation1,850 m (6,070 ft)
MouthGulf of Taranto
 • location
Fasana
 • coordinates
39°12′21″N 17°08′53″E / 39.2057°N 17.1480°E / 39.2057; 17.1480
Length80 km (50 mi)
Basin size1,070 km2 (410 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average36 m3/s (1,300 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftLese, Vitravo
 • rightArvo, Ampollino

The Neto (Latin Neaethus)[1] is a river in Calabria, southern Italy.[2] It is the second largest river of Calabria after the Crati.

Geography[edit]

The Neto rises in the central Sila Mountains in the province of Cosenza. Its source is at Timpone Sorbella at an elevation of 1,850 meters, near Botte Donato, the highest peak in the Sila Mountains. The river flows east into Lago di Ariamacina before curving southeast. The Neto is joined by a right tributary, the Arvo, at San Giovanni in Fiore. The river is joined by another right tributary, the Ampollino, where it crosses into the province of Crotone near Cotronei and Caccuri. The Neto then flows east and is joined by a left tributary, the Lese, and flows near Santa Severina and Rocca di Neto. The river is joined by another left tributary, the Vitravo, before entering the Ionian Sea between Cirò Marina and Crotone. It has a drainage basin of 1,070 square kilometres (410 sq mi).[3]

References[edit]

  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. 699. ISBN 0691049459.
  2. ^ The Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World (13 ed.). London: Times Books. 2011. p. 78 M5. ISBN 9780007419135.
  3. ^ Caratteristiche bacino e sottobacini. Neto