Metauro River

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natural watercourse river

The Metauro River is a waterway in the Marche region of Italy, historically significant as the site of the Battle of the Metaurus during the Second Punic War.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Metauro River canonical 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf natural watercourse ⓘ
river ⓘ
basinCountry Italy ⓘ
battleCarthaginianCommander Hasdrubal Barca ⓘ
battleConsequence death of Hasdrubal Barca ⓘ
strategic turning point in Second Punic War ⓘ
battleOpponents Carthage ⓘ
Roman Republic ⓘ
battleOutcome Roman victory ⓘ
battleRomanCommander Gaius Claudius Nero ⓘ
Marcus Livius Salinator ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
dischargesInto Adriatic Sea ⓘ
drainageBasin Metauro basin ⓘ
eventDate 207 BC ⓘ
eventDuring Second Punic War ⓘ
flowsDirection west–east ⓘ
flowsThrough Fano ⓘ
Fermignano ⓘ
Urbania ⓘ
Province of Pesaro e Urbino ⓘ
surface form: province of Pesaro e Urbino
hasBridge Roman bridge remains near Fermignano ⓘ
hasTributary Candigliano River ⓘ
Candigliano River ⓘ
surface form: Marmotta stream

Teveretta stream ⓘ
historicalName Metaurus ⓘ
ItalianName Metauro ⓘ
knownFor Battle of the Metaurus ⓘ
languageOfName Italian ⓘ
LatinName Metaurus ⓘ
length about 121 km ⓘ
locatedIn Marche region ⓘ
surface form: Marche

Central Italy ⓘ
surface form: central Italy
locatedNear Fano ⓘ
surface form: town of Fano

town of Fossombrone ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Adriatic Sea ⓘ
near Furlo Gorge ⓘ
Furlo Pass ⓘ
partOf Adriatic Sea basin ⓘ
region Marche region ⓘ
surface form: Marche
significantEvent Battle of the Metaurus ⓘ
sourceLocatedIn Apennines ⓘ
surface form: Apennine Mountains

Umbrian-Marchigian Apennines ⓘ
surface form: Umbrian–Marche Apennines
usedFor hydroelectric power (small plants) ⓘ
irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Via Flaminia → crosses → Metauro River ⓘ
Fermignano → locatedOn → Metauro River ⓘ
Province of Pesaro e Urbino → contains → Metauro River ⓘ