Sacco (river)

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Sacco
Valle Sacco.jpg
The river’s valley seen from the Acropolis of Alatri
Location
Country Italy
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationColle Cerao, Monti Simbruini
Mouth Isoletta di Arce
 • coordinates
 41°31′13″N13°32′36″E / 41.5203°N 13.5432°E / 41.5203; 13.5432
Length87 km (54 mi)
Discharge 
 • average16 m3/s (570 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression Liri→ Garigliano→ Tyrrhenian Sea

The Sacco is a river of central Italy, a right tributary of the Liri. It flows between the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital and the province of Frosinone in Lazio.

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Territory

The river originates from the Prenestini Mountains, [1] formed by the confluence of two streams of the Monti Simbruini in the Apennines of Abruzzo in Lazio, and flows south-east for a total length of 87 km, [1] crossing the Middle Latin valley between the Ernici Mountains to the northeast and the Lepini Mountains to the southwest; at the height of Ceprano it flows into the Liri River from the right. [1]

The Sacco's main tributaries are the Cosa and the Alabro.

In old sources, it is known also the Tolero, [2] from its ancient name Tolerus or Trerus.

Environmental issues

The Sacco river valley is a vast territory between the provinces of Rome and Frosinone in the central-southern Italy. The intensive exploitation that for decades affected of this valley due to no-scruple companies and crooked public administration offices, produced an unprecedented environmental and social disaster. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sacco nell'Enciclopedia Treccani". www.treccani.it. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "tolero sacco - Google Search". google.com. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Valle del Sacco: A poisoned land | Valle del Sacco".


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