River
Crathis
91 km from source to mouth · Italy.
ItalyFlows into Gulf of Taranto
In numbers
Length
91km
Average flow
36m³/s
Basin
2,440km²
Drop
239m
from 238 m to -1 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
91 km of river and 15 stops on the way: 12 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 238 m
- 0 kmLaurignano2,051 people
- 0 kmVadue1,336 people
- 0 kmRosario1,122 people
- 1 kmCosenza63,852 people
- 2 kmSan Francesco di Paola Bridge
- 9 kmQuattromiglia22,889 people
- 17 kmSettimo2,611 people
- 20 kmStazione Montalto-Coretto1,712 people
- 24 kmTaverna3,292 people
- 26 kmCavoni-Ginestreto1,558 people
- 54 kmTarsia1,373 people
- 55 kmLago di Tarsia0.3 km²
- 65 kmTerranova da Sibari4,887 people
- 75 kmSan Nico1,026 people
- 80 kmCosciletributary
- 91 kmGulf of Tarantoat -1 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Italy
At the mouth it carries 36 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 69 seconds. It drops from 238 m to -1 m, 2.6 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 2,440 km², about the size of RE. 377,000 people live in it. Highest water: from December to January; lowest: from June to September. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (11% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- CosenzaLargest city on its banks · 63,852 people
- Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport (SUF)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 44 km from the cityCar hire at SUF airport (Lamezia Terme)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water2 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Crathis, month by month
Highest water: from December to January
Lowest water: from June to September. Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 7.0 m³/s in the lowest month to 69 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Crathis: the basin in numbers
2,538 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 377,000people live in the basin
- 148/km²people per km²
- 583maverage altitude of the basin
- 855mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 14.1°Caverage air temperature
- 14%protected areas
- 0.3%covered by lakes
- 0.1km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 45% Forest
- 44% Cropland
- 10% Pasture
- 7% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Crathis: what you find on the way
- 28Weirs
- 1Boat ramps
- 1MarinasPorto turistico Laghi di Sibari
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.4 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Crathis in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
1lake on its wayLakeyas
10beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
3mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (1)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Lago di Tarsiakm 420.3km²
Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗
Beaches (10)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Marina di Schiavonea6.5 km away26.2°C
- Spiaggia Villaggio Thurium2.6 km away26.2°C
- Spiaggia Salicetti3.6 km away26.2°C
- Spiaggia Fabrizio8.7 km away26.2°C
- Spiaggia Momena13 km away26.2°C
- Spiaggia Sant'Angelo14 km away26.2°C
- Spiaggia Gallarate15 km away26.2°C
- Spiaggia Gammicella17 km away26.2°C
2 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗
Mountains at the source (3)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Monte Cocuzzo13 km away1,541m
- Monte Luta14 km away1,231m
- Santo Janni10 km away1,100m
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (2)
Also: Busento, Coscile
Nearby
Rivers nearby
AlbaniaWhere these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q660005) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas, Coastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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