Tiber
Sign in to savethumb|right|View of the Tiber looking towards Vatican City thumb|Rome Historical marker|flood marker, 1598, set into a pillar of the Santo Spirito Hospital near [[Basilica di San Pietro.]] thumb|right|Highest level of Tiber for 40+ years, 13 December 2008, at Tiber Island.
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The Tiber is a river that flows through Rome and has shaped the city's history, as evidenced by historical flood markers like the one from 1598 near Vatican City. It remains an important geographical feature of Rome, periodically rising to significant levels as documented by records of its highest water levels over the past several decades.
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- The Tiber in Rome near the Ponte Sant'Angelo
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- Mount Fumaiolo
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- Tyrrhenian Sea
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- Italy
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- (in Rome)
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thumb|right|View of the Tiber looking towards Vatican City thumb|Rome Historical marker|flood marker, 1598, set into a pillar of the Santo Spirito Hospital near [[Basilica di San Pietro.]] thumb|right|Highest level of Tiber for 40+ years, 13 December 2008, at Tiber Island.
The Tiber ( ; ; ) is the third-longest river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where it is joined by the River Aniene, to the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Ostia and Fiumicino. It drains a basin estimated at . The river has achieved lasting fame as the main watercourse of the city of Rome, which was founded on its eastern banks.
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Drainage basins of the Tyrrhenian SeaGeography of PerugiaGeography of RomeMetropolitan City of Rome CapitalRivers of Emilia-RomagnaRivers of ItalyRivers of LazioRivers of the ApenninesRivers of the Metropolitan City of Rome CapitalRivers of the Province of ArezzoRivers of the Province of Forlì-CesenaRivers of the Province of Perugia