| Tagliamento | |
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 The Tagliamento from the Pinzano's Bridge | |
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| Country | Italy |
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| Source | |
| • location | Mauria Pass,Friuli,Italy |
| • coordinates | 46°26′56″N12°31′19″E / 46.449°N 12.522°E /46.449; 12.522 |
| • elevation | 1,195 m (3,921 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Adriatic Sea |
• coordinates | 45°38′38″N13°06′04″E / 45.644°N 13.101°E /45.644; 13.101 |
| Length | 178 km (111 mi) |
| Basin size | 2,916 km2 (1,126 sq mi) |
TheTagliamento (Italian:[taʎʎaˈmento];Friulian:Tiliment;Venetian:Tajamento) is abraided river in north-east Italy, flowing from theAlps to theAdriatic Sea at a point betweenTrieste andVenice.
The Tagliamento river is considered as the last morphologically intact river in the Alps. (Its course has not been altered by human intervention.)[1][2] For this reason, it has been the subject of many scientific investigations into its peculiar characteristics: these include its 150 km long corridor which connects theAlps and theAdriatic Sea, its unconstrained floodplain, which hosts several aquatic and terrestrial habitats, and its over 600 islands.[1]
The source is in theMauria Pass, on the border between the regions ofVeneto andFriuli-Venezia Giulia. In the upper section, it flows through the historicCarnia region, in the northern part of theprovince of Udine. In the middle and lower sections, it first sets the boundary between the provinces ofUdine andPordenone and later between the former and theProvince of Venice. Finally, it flows into theGulf of Venice betweenLignano Sabbiadoro andBibione.
The watershed covers an area of 2,916 square kilometres (1,126 sq mi) with a population of approximately 165,000. The watershed lies almost entirely inCarnia and the other mountain valleys of Friuli. 86.5% of the watershed is in theProvince of Udine.
The main towns along its banks areLatisana andSan Michele al Tagliamento. In the vicinity of the river are the following towns:Tolmezzo,Gemona del Friuli,San Daniele del Friuli,Spilimbergo,Casarsa della Delizia,Codroipo,San Vito al Tagliamento,Pinzano al Tagliamento.
The source is at an elevation of 1,195 metres (3,921 ft) in theVeneto region (Lorenzago di Cadore) in theProvince of Belluno near the border with theProvince of Udine, north-west ofForni di Sopra close to the Mauria Pass.Initially, the river's course is in a west to east direction, parallel to theCarnic Alps range. The first tributary of note is theLumiei, which enters the Tagliamento from the left at a distance of 26 kilometres (16 mi) from the source.
The river passes throughPinzano and courses in a southward direction, while spreading across the plain reaching a width of 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) nearSpilimbergo and splitting into a number of branches. Its gravelly bed is very permeable, and it absorbs almost all its waters, but the river recovers most of the flow downstream ofCodroipo andCasarsa, thanks to abundant flows from underground rivers. From here onwards, the river bed distinctly narrows to 180 metres (590 ft) and starts to meander because of the reduced slope.Before ending its course, the river receives the waters of a small underground river, theVarmo. Finally, the river flows into theAdriatic Sea betweenLignano andBibione.
In addition to theItalian nameTagliamento, the river is known by different names in other languages of the region. TheStandard Friulian name for the river isTiliment; other local variants includeTaiament,Tilimint,Tiument,Timent, andTuement.[3] InVenetian, the river is known asTajamento; inSlovene, asTilment; and inLatin, asTiliaventum[4] orTaliamentum. It was known asDülmende inGerman during the Middle Ages.
45°39′N13°06′E / 45.650°N 13.100°E /45.650; 13.100
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