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Transcript of The county of Frosinone is also known as “Ciociaria” from the particular kind of shoes its...
The county of Frosinone is also known as “Ciociaria” from the particular kind of
shoes its inhabitants used to wear in the past.
The are four main rivers in this territory:
the LIRI, the AMASENO, the ANIENE and the SACCO.
The Sacco is a river of central Italy, a right tributary of the Liri.
The river is formed by the confluence of two streams of the Monti Simbruini in the Apennines of Abruzzo. It flows towards south-east for a total of 87 km, crossing Ciociaria between the mountain ranges of the Ernici to the north-east, and of the Lepini to the south-west. It flows into the Liri near Ceprano, in the Lazio.
The Sacco's main tributaries are the Cosa and the Alabro.In the Frosinone area it is known also the Tolero, from its
ancient name Tolerus orTrerus.
• The Liri is one of the principal rivers of central Italy flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea a little below Minturno under the name Garigliano. The Liri's source is in the Monte Camiciola (1,701 m) in the Monti Simbruini of central Apennines (Abruzzo, comune of Cappadocia): in the nearby is the Lake Fucino, of which it has been sometimes, but erroneously, regarded as a subterranean outlet. It flows at first in a southeasterly direction through a long trough-like valley, parallel to the general direction of the Apennines, until it reaches the city of Sora, after which it receives the waters of Fibreno. A dam is built on the river after the conjunction with the Sacco River at Ceprano. The last important Liri's tributary is the Melfa, with which it joins near Aquino After Cassino it receives the waters of the river Gari (or Rapido), and afterwards it is known as Garigliano.
• The Liri-Garigliano system has a total water drainage basin of 5,020 km².
The Aniene River (formerly called the Teverone; in Latin: Anio) is a 98 km river in Lazio, Italy. It flows down from the mountains at Trevi nel Lazio and goes westward past Subiaco Vicovaro, and Tivoli into the Tiber. In antiquity, most of the Roman aqueducts had their sources either from the Aniene or from streams flowing into it.
Notable historic bridges across the river include the Ponte Nomentano, Ponte Salario and Ponte di San Francesco, all of which were originally fortified with towers. The Roman-built Subiaco Dam at the town of the same name is considered the highest ancient dam and remained in use until its destruction in 1305.[1]
The hydrographic system of this area is rich of small lakes among the hills and the mountains. They create beautiful landscapes appreciated by many tourists every year.
The most important and big are the Lake of Canterno and the Lake of Posta Fibreno.
They are not big lakes but they are very interesting for their vegetation and fauna.
