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Tiber (tī`bər), Ital. Tevere, Latin Tiberis, river, 251 mi (404 km) long, rising in the Etruscan Apennines, central Italy. It flows generally S across Tuscany, Umbria, and N Latium, then SW through Rome to empty into the Tyrrhenian Sea by two mouths. It is connected with the Arno River by the Chiana Canal, an important route between Rome and Florence. The upper Tiber and its chief tributaries, the Nera and Aniene rivers, are used to generate electricity. Subject to floods, the banks of the Tiber, especially in Rome, are diked. The silt-laden Tiber continues to extend its delta westward. Ostia Antica, the site of Ostia, the coastal port of ancient Rome, now lies 4 mi (6 km) from the sea. Most of the marshland in the delta has been reclaimed for agriculture.

Tiber

a river in central Italy, rising in the Tuscan Apennines and flowing south through Rome to the Tyrrhenian Sea. Length: 405 km (252 miles)

Tiber

(in Italian, Tevere), a river in Italy. The Tiber, the major watercourse of the Italian Peninsula, measures 405 km in length and drains an area of 16,500 sq km. It originates in the southern Tuscan Apennines, and in its upper and middle courses is a mountain river with alternating ravines and basins. There are rapids and waterfalls on the tributaries of the Tiber at Le Mar-more, Tivoli, and elsewhere. In its lower course, the river flows through the Maremma. A delta 250 sq km in area is formed at the river’s mouth on the Tyrrhenian Sea.

The Tiber, fed primarily by rain, has freshets from November to March or April and occasional floods. The river carries a large amount of suspended matter. The mean flow rate is 260 cu m per sec. The Corbara-Baschi and Galleto hydroelectric power plants are situated in the river basin. The Tiber is used for irrigation. Rome is located on the river.

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No references found	When it became known to the Britons on the shore of the yellow Tiber that their intelligent compatriot, Mr Sparkler, was made one of the Lords of their Circumlocution Office, they took it as a piece of news with which they had no nearer concern than with any other piece of news--any other Accident or Offence--in the English papers. Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context In that land are mountains far higher than the Alban mountains; the vast Roman Campagna, a hundred miles long and full forty broad, is really small compared to the United States of America; the Tiber, that celebrated river of ours, which stretches its mighty course almost two hundred miles, and which a lad can scarcely throw a stone across at Rome, is not so long, nor yet so wide, as the American Mississippi--nor yet the Ohio, nor even the Hudson. The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context Why, you see, he has a good understanding with the shepherds in the plains, the fishermen of the Tiber, and the smugglers of the coast. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context	Tian Tian Shan Tiananmen Square Tiananmen Square Anniversary Tianeti tiang Tianjin Tiantai Tiapinskii, Vasilii Tiapinskii, Vasilii Nikolaevich tiara Tiaret Tiasmin Tiatia Tiazhelnikov, Evgenii Tiazhelnikov, Evgenii Mikhailovich Tiazhinskii TIB/ActiveMatrix TIB/Rendezvous tiba Tibaldi, Pellegrino Tibareni Tibbett, Lawrence Tibbles, Susette La Flesche Tibbs, Virgil Tiber Tiber River Tiberge and the Chevalier Tiberias Tiberias, Lake Tiberius Tibesti Tibesti Massif Tibet Tibetan Tibetan art and architecture Tibetan Autonomous Region Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Highlands Tibetan language Tibetan terrier Tibetans Tibeto-Burman Languages Tibia tibialis Tibilov, Aleksandr Tibilov, Aleksandr Arsenevich Tiblen, Nikolai Tiblen, Nikolai Lvovich Tibni Tibor Dery	Tibba TIBBC Tibbett Tibbett & Britten Group Tibbett, Lawrence Tibbi Ultrasonografi Denegi Tibbi ve Aromatik Bitki ve Ilac Arastirma Merkezi Tibbles, Susette La Flesche Tibbles, Susette La Flesche Tibbo Device Server Toolkit TIBBP TIBBS TIBBS Tibbs, Virgil TIBC TIBC TIBCC Tibco TIBCO Reliable Data Protocol TIBCO Rendezvous Tibco Software Tibco Software Incorporated TIBCS TIBDD TIBDN TIBDV TIBE Tiber Tiber river Tiber river Tiber river Tiber Umbria Community Education Programme Tiberge and the Chevalier Tiberian Tiberian Tiberian Tiberian Adventure Tiberian Dawn Tiberian Sun Tiberian Sun Total War Tiberias Tiberias Tiberias Tiberias Caesar Tiberias Caesar Tiberias Caesar Tiberias, Israel Tiberias, Israel Tiberias, Israel Tiberias, Lake Tiberias, Lake Tiberium-Based Armor Reinforcement Substance Tiberius Tiberius Tiberius Tiberius Caesar Tiberius Caesar Tiberius Caesar

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When it became known to the Britons on the shore of the yellow Tiber that their intelligent compatriot, Mr Sparkler, was made one of the Lords of their Circumlocution Office, they took it as a piece of news with which they had no nearer concern than with any other piece of news--any other Accident or Offence--in the English papers.

Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context

In that land are mountains far higher than the Alban mountains; the vast Roman Campagna, a hundred miles long and full forty broad, is really small compared to the United States of America; the Tiber, that celebrated river of ours, which stretches its mighty course almost two hundred miles, and which a lad can scarcely throw a stone across at Rome, is not so long, nor yet so wide, as the American Mississippi--nor yet the Ohio, nor even the Hudson.

The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

Why, you see, he has a good understanding with the shepherds in the plains, the fishermen of the Tiber, and the smugglers of the coast.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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