Topino

{{Short description|Stream in Umbria, Italy}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Topino

| image = Fiume_Topino_tratto_cittadino.jpg

| image_caption = Topino river

| map = Topino.png

| source1_location = Monte Pennino

| source1_elevation = {{convert|649|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| mouth = Chiascio

| mouth_location = Passaggio

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|43.0287|12.5008|region:IT_type:river|display=it}}

| progression = {{RChiascio}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Umbria, Italy

| length = {{convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on}}

| discharge1_avg = {{convert|12|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}

| basin_size = {{convert|1234|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}

}}

The Topino is a river in Umbria, central Italy. It was known in ancient times as Supunna by Umbri and later in Latin as Tinia{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=W. |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DT%3Aentry+group%3D11%3Aentry%3Dtinia-geo |title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography |year=1854 |chapter=Tinia}}

{{Cite web |last=Harris, W., R. Talbert, S. Gillies, T. Elliott, J. Becker |date=6 December 2020 |title=Places: 413340 (Tinea (river)) |url=http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/413340 |access-date=April 2, 2015 |publisher=Pleiades}} and is mentioned by Dante Alighieri in the Canto XI of the Paradise. It is the main tributary of the Chiascio, in the {{ill|Tiber basin|qid=Q125054480}}. It is about 50 km long, and its drainage basin covers 1,234 km2.{{Cite web |title=Agenzia regionale di protezione ambientale dell'Umbria |url=http://www.arpa.umbria.it/AU/documenti/acqua/Unit%C3%A0%20territoriali.pdf |series=Caratterizzazione dei bacini idrografici e dei corpi idrici superficiali], Sottobacino Topino Marroggia |page=9 |language=it}}

Background

Its spring is on the slopes of the Monte Pennino, at {{convert|649|m|ft}}, in the territory of Nocera Umbra. Topino's tributaries include the Menotre, the Clitunno (known as Timia past its confluence with Marroggia creek) and the Ose. After passing through the comuni of Valtopina, Foligno, Bevagna, Cannara and Bettona, it joins the Chiascio at Passaggio.

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Category:Rivers of Italy

Category:Rivers of the Province of Perugia

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