Sacco (river)

Sacco
The river’s valley seen from the Acropolis of Alatri
Location
Country	Italy
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Colle Cerao, Monti Simbruini
Mouth	Isoletta di Arce
• coordinates	41°31′13″N 13°32′36″E / 41.5203°N 13.5432°E / 41.5203; 13.5432Coordinates: 41°31′13″N 13°32′36″E / 41.5203°N 13.5432°E / 41.5203; 13.5432
Length	87 km (54 mi)
Discharge
• average	16 m3/s (570 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Liri→ Garigliano→ Tyrrhenian Sea

The Sacco is a river of central Italy, a right tributary of the Liri. It flows between the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital and the province of Frosinone in Lazio.

Territory[]

The river originates from the Prenestini Mountains,^[1] formed by the confluence of two streams of the Monti Simbruini in the Apennines of Abruzzo in Lazio, and flows south-east for a total length of 87 km,^[2] crossing the Middle Latin valley between the Ernici Mountains to the northeast and the Lepini Mountains to the southwest; at the height of Ceprano it flows into the Liri River from the right.^[3]

The Sacco's main tributaries are the Cosa and the Alabro.

In old sources, it is known also the Tolero,^[4] from its ancient name Tolerus or Trerus.

Environmental issues[]

The Sacco river valley is a vast territory between the provinces of Rome and Frosinone in the central-southern Italy. The intensive exploitation that for decades affected of this valley due to no-scruple companies and crooked public administration offices, produced an unprecedented environmental and social disaster.^[5]

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