Clitunno

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Clitunno
Source of the Clitunno near Campello sul Clitunno
Location
Country	Umbria, Italy
Physical characteristics
Mouth
• location	Bevagna
• coordinates	42°55′58″N 12°36′15″E / 42.9329°N 12.6042°E / 42.9329; 12.6042Coordinates: 42°55′58″N 12°36′15″E / 42.9329°N 12.6042°E / 42.9329; 12.6042
Basin features
Progression	→ Topino→ Chiascio→ Tiber→ Tyrrhenian Sea

The Clitunno, in Antiquity the Clitumnus, is a river in Umbria, Italy. The name is of uncertain origin, but it was also borne by the river god. The Clitunno rises at

42°49.5′N 12°46′E / 42.8250°N 12.767°E / 42.8250; 12.767 from a spring within a dozen metres of the ancient Via Flaminia near the town of Campello sul Clitunno between Spoleto and Trevi: the spring was celebrated as a great beauty spot by the Romans but also by Byron and Giosuè Carducci; in the 19th century it was planted with willows, and zealously monitored for pollution, it is open today as a paying tourist attraction.

The Clitunno then flows, generally north, through the east Umbrian plain, past the Temple of Clitumnus and the towns of , Cannaiola and Trevi, to join the , a tributary of the Topino, near Bevagna.^[1] Though its current is usually sluggish, it is subject, like many other rivers in the east Umbrian plain, to sudden flooding: it was only tamed completely in the 19th century, and is largely banked by levees.

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