Metauro

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Metauro is a river in the Marche region of eastern Italy, historically known as the site of the Battle of the Metaurus during the Second Punic War.

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Metauro canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf river
associatedWith Carthage
Roman Republic
associatedWithConflict Second Punic War
country Italy
drains portion of northern Marche interior
emptiesInto Adriatic Sea at Fano
flowsDirection west-to-east
flowsNear Fano
Fossombrone
flowsThrough province of Arezzo
linked to: Province of Arezzo

province of Pesaro e Urbino
hasCulturalSignificance site of important Roman victory over Carthaginians
hasEcosystem riparian habitats of central Adriatic Italy
hasHistoricalEvent Battle of the Metaurus
hasTributary Auro
Candigliano
Marmotta
hasValley Metauro Valley
linked to: Metauro basin
hasWatershed northern Marche
linked to: Marche region
historicalName Metaurus
historicalPeriodOfNotability Second Punic War
knownFor Battle of the Metaurus
languageOfHistoricalName Latin
languageOfName Italian
locatedIn Marche
linked to: Marche region

eastern Italy
locatedOnContinent Europe
mentionedIn accounts of the Second Punic War
ancient Roman historical sources
mouthLocatedIn Adriatic Sea
nearbySettlement Calmazzo
Cartoceto
Fermignano
Saltara
Sant’Angelo in Vado
Urbania
partOf Italian river network
drainage basin of the Adriatic Sea
region Marche
linked to: Marche region
sourceLocatedIn Apennine Mountains
linked to: Apennines

central Apennines
linked to: Central Apennines
usedFor hydroelectric power (local scale)
irrigation

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Metauro River ItalianName Metauro
Metaurus hasModernName Metauro