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    The Taro is a 126 km long river located in northern Italy that flows through the province of Parma before joining the Po river. It has an average discharge of 30 cubic meters per second and drains an area of 2,026 square km through its tributaries such as the Ceno, Recchio, and Stirone rivers. In the past, the valley of the Taro was strategically important as it was crossed by the Via Francigena pilgrimage route between Rome and France.

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    The Taro is a 126 km long river located in northern Italy that flows through the province of Parma before joining the Po river. It has an average discharge of 30 cubic meters per second and drains an area of 2,026 square km through its tributaries such as the Ceno, Recchio, and Stirone rivers. In the past, the valley of the Taro was strategically important as it was crossed by the Via Francigena pilgrimage route between Rome and France.

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    The Taro is a 126 km long river located in northern Italy that flows through the province of Parma before joining the Po river. It has an average discharge of 30 cubic meters per second and drains an area of 2,026 square km through its tributaries such as the Ceno, Recchio, and Stirone rivers. In the past, the valley of the Taro was strategically important as it was crossed by the Via Francigena pilgrimage route between Rome and France.

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    Coordinates:45.0022N10.

    2558E

    Taro(river)
    FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    TheTaro(LatinTarus)isariverinEmiliaRomagna,
    innorthernItaly.ItisatributaryofthePoandis126
    kilometres(78mi)long.Itflowsalmostentirelyinthe
    provinceofParma,westofthecityParma.TheTaro
    flowsintothePonearGramignazzo,afrazioneofthe
    comuneofSissa,northofParma.

    Taro

    TheValdiTaro,orTarovalley,thedrainagebasinof
    theriver,occupiesanareaof2,026squarekilometres
    (782sqmi).TheprincipalaffluentsoftheTaroarethe
    Ceno,RecchioandStironeothersaretheGotraand
    Tarodine.BoththeTaroandtheCenoriseonMonte
    Penna,elevation1,735metres(5,692ft),inthe
    ApennineMountainsontheborderbetweenthe
    provincesofGenoaandParma.
    Therivershowsstrongseasonalvariability.In
    summeritcaneasilydry,whileinrainyperiodsitcan
    reachadischargeof1,000cubicmetrespersecond
    (35,000cuft/s):thisvaluecandoubleonrare
    occasions,knownItalian:pienecentennali,
    "centennialfloods",suchasthatofNovember9,
    1982.
    TheValdiTarowasofstrategicimportanceduringthe
    MiddleAges,asitwastraversedbytheVia
    Francigena,thepilgrimrouteandmainconnection
    betweenRomeandFranceinthatera.
    About20kilometres(12mi)oftherivercourse
    betweenFornovodiTaroandPonteTaroconstitutes
    theprotectedareaoftheParcofluvialeRegionaledel
    Taro,theTaroregionalnaturalpark.Theareaofthe
    parkincludestheriverbeditself,withnumerousislets
    ofsandandgravelandwetlandareas,andsurrounding
    areasofwoodland,scrubandcultivatedsoilithasa
    widevarietyofvegetationandfauna.[1]

    TheTaroatBorgotaro

    CourseoftheTaro.
    Basin
    Mainsource LigurianApennines,MontePenna
    Source
    elevation

    about1,300m(4,300ft)

    River
    mouth

    PonearGramignazzo(PR) (at

    Size

    2,026km2(782sqmi)

    Countries

    Italy

    45.0022N10.2558E)

    Physiognomy
    Length

    126km(78mi)

    Avg.
    discharge

    30m3/s(1,100cuft/s)

    FollowingtheFrenchconquestofItalyintheNapoleonicWars,therivergaveitsnametoadpartement,
    theDpartementduTaro.

    References
    1.L'AreaProtetta(http://www.parcotaro.it/page.asp?IDCategoria=2545)(inItalian).ParcofluvialeRegionaledel
    Taro,2June2010."Theprotectedarea".AccessedJune2013.

    Externallinks

    TaroParkWebsite(http://www.parcotaro.it/)(Italian)
    Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?
    title=Taro_(river)&oldid=626526365"

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    mediarelatedtoTaroriver.

    Categories: Pobasin RiversofItaly TributariesofthePo(river) RiversoftheProvinceofParma


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