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Sinni (river)
River in Basilicata, Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sinni (Latin: Siris or Semnus;[1] Greek: Σῖρις or Σίνις) is a 94 km long river in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. In antiquity, the city of Siris lay at its mouth. Near the town of Senise, a dam on the river was built in 1970-1982, the largest in Europe built with earth. In correspondence of it, it forms the Lago di Monte Cotugno [it], one of the largest artificial basins in Italy.
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![]() Mouth of the Sinni river near Policoro, Basilicata | |
Physical characteristics | |
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• location | Serra della Giumenta (Lucan Apennines) |
• elevation | 1,380 m (4,530 ft) |
Mouth | Gulf of Taranto |
• location | south of Policoro |
• coordinates | 40.1529°N 16.6917°E / 40.1529; 16.6917 |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Length | 94 km (58 mi) |
Basin size | 1,292 km2 (499 sq mi) |
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