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River

Tiber

405 km from source to mouth · Italy.

ItalyItalyFlows into Tyrrhenian Sea3rd longest in Italy

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The river and every tributary in its basin, drawn from RiverATLAS (CC BY 4.0).

In numbers

Length

405km

Average flow

240m³/s

Basin

17,375km²

Drop

393m

from 393 m to 0 m

Country

1

The journey

From source to mouth

405 km of river and 68 stops on the way: 26 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.

393 m0 m
Sourceat 393 m0 km
Città di Castello22,497 people42 km
Chiasciotributary119 km
Nestoretributary137 km
Lago di Corbara8.0 km²183 km
Lake of Alviano3.1 km²202 km
Neratributary234 km
Rome2,748,109 people358 km
Tyrrhenian Seaat 0 m405 km
0100200300405 km
  1. 0 kmSourceat 393 m
  2. 13 kmLago di Montedoglio2.9 km²
  3. 22 kmSansepolcro12,364 people
  4. 29 kmSan Giustino4,862 people
  5. 42 kmCittà di Castello22,497 people
  6. 72 kmUmbertide11,040 people
  7. 97 kmColombella3,199 people
  8. 99 kmPonte Felcino5,000 people
  9. 119 kmChiasciotributary
  10. 124 kmDeruta4,162 people
  11. 137 kmNestoretributary
  12. 137 kmMarsciano9,631 people
  13. 161 kmTodi15,345 people
  14. 183 kmLago di Corbara8.0 km²
  15. 186 kmPagliatributary
  16. 202 kmLake of Alviano3.1 km²
  17. 230 kmOrte3,865 people
  18. 234 kmNeratributary
  19. 235 kmOrte Scalo3,251 people
  20. 337 kmAlliatributary
  21. 339 kmCastel Giubileo Bridge
  22. 347 kmAnienetributary
  23. 350 kmPonte Flaminio (Rome)
  24. 350 kmPonte Milvio
  25. 351 kmPonte Duca d'Aosta
  26. 352 kmPonte della Musica
  27. 353 kmPonte del Risorgimento
  28. 354 kmPonte Giacomo Matteotti
  29. 354 kmPietro Nenni Bridge
  30. 354 kmCampo Marzio5,507 people
  31. 354 kmPonte Regina Margherita
  32. 354 kmPrati14,631 people
  33. 355 kmCastro Pretorio5,228 people
  34. 355 kmPonte Cavour
  35. 355 kmPonte Umberto I
  36. 355 kmCastel Sant'Angelo
  37. 356 kmPonte Sant'Angelo
  38. 356 kmBridge Vittorio Emanuele II
  39. 356 kmPons Neronianus
  40. 356 kmPonte3,375 people
  41. 356 kmPonte Principe Amedeo Savoia Aosta
  42. 356 kmPonte Giuseppe Mazzini
  43. 357 kmRegola3,017 people
  44. 357 kmPons Agrippae
  45. 357 kmPonte Sisto
  46. 357 kmTrastevere13,447 people
  47. 357 kmGaribaldi Bridge
  48. 358 kmPons Fabricius
  49. 358 kmPons Cestius
  50. 358 kmRome2,748,109 people
  51. 358 kmMonti11,956 people
  52. 358 kmPons Aemilius
  53. 358 kmPonte Palatino
  54. 358 kmPons Sublicius
  55. 358 kmSan Saba3,366 people
  56. 359 kmPonte Sublicio
  57. 359 kmPons Probi
  58. 360 kmPonte Testaccio
  59. 360 kmPonte San Paolo
  60. 360 kmPonte dell'Industria
  61. 361 kmTestaccio7,563 people
  62. 362 kmAlmonetributary
  63. 362 kmGuglielmo Marconi Bridge
  64. 367 kmPonte della Magliana
  65. 376 kmVitinia5,799 people
  66. 380 kmMalafede16,844 people
  67. 388 kmParco Leonardo4,196 people
  68. 398 kmLido di Ostia85,301 people
  69. 399 kmFiumicino80,738 people
  70. 405 kmTyrrhenian Seaat 0 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 239 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 10 seconds. It drops from 393 m to 0 m, 1.0 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 17,375 km², about the size of SZ. 4.4 million people live in it. Highest water: from November to January; lowest: from July to September. Dams and reservoirs hold back a large share of its water (11% of a year's flow).

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Where to start

  • RomeLargest city on its banks · 2,748,109 people
  • Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport (CIA)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 14 km from the cityCar hire at CIA airport (Rome)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • On the water25 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
  • From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit

Tiber, month by month

Highest water: from November to January

Lowest water: from July to September. Best months to visit: from May to September.

330
6°71 mmJan
280
7°69 mmFeb
240
9°66 mmMar
220
12°67 mmApr
180
17°55 mmMay
140
21°51 mmJun
100
23°32 mmJul
94
23°48 mmAug
130
20°75 mmSep
210
16°95 mmOct
310
11°108 mmNov
350
7°89 mmDec
Water (estimated flow)Air (average) Rain (mm)Best months

From about 94 m³/s in the lowest month to 350 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

Tiber: the basin in numbers

16,668 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.

Heavily regulatedReservoirs can hold 11% of a year's flow: dams shape its seasons.
  • 4.4millionpeople live in the basin
  • 267/km²people per km²
  • 519maverage altitude of the basin
  • 836mmof rain a year (basin average)
  • 12.6°Caverage air temperature
  • 10%protected areas
  • 0.2%covered by lakes
  • 0.8km³held in reservoirs

What covers the basin

  • 48% Forest
  • 40% Cropland
  • 7% Pasture
  • 11% 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

Tiber: what you find on the way

  • 10DamsDiga Di Montedoglio, s. cassiano, Diga di Corbara and 7 more
  • 22Weirs
  • 4Waterfalls
  • 11Boat ramps
  • 4Ferry piersPonte Risorgimento, Ponte Cavour, Sant'Angelo and 1 more
  • 9MarinasCircolo Nautico San Marco, Fiumicino Tecnomar Marina, Fiumicino Nautilus Marina and 6 more
  • 1Boat rentalsRent a boat

From OpenStreetMap, within 1.9 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Tiber 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.

  • 3lakes on its wayLakeyas
  • 10beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
  • 48mountains at the sourcePeakyas
  • 1island off the mouthIslandyas

Lakes and reservoirs (3)

Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas

  1. Lago di Montedogliokm 112.9km²
  2. Lago di Corbarakm 154 · 51 m deep8.0km²
  3. Lake of Alvianokm 1713.1km²

Lakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗

Beaches (10)

At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya

  1. Spiaggia di Ostia2.6 km away25.6°C
  2. Spiaggia di Fiumicino3.7 km away25.4°C
  3. Spiaggia di Focene8.6 km away25.4°C
  4. Spiaggia di Rio Torto25 km away25.6°C
  5. Spiaggia Torvaianica21 km away25.6°C
  6. Zion Beach17 km away25.6°C
  7. Spiaggia di Passo Oscuro19 km away25.4°C
  8. Spiaggia di Fregene13 km away25.4°C

2 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗

Mountains at the source (48)

Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas

  1. Mount Fumaiolo0.1 km away · prominence 488 m1,407m
  2. Monte Penna (province of Arezzo)14 km away1,289m
  3. Poggio della Lombardona14 km away1,267m
  4. Ripa della Moia2.3 km away1,260m
  5. Monte Castelvecchio2.4 km away1,254m
  6. Monte Loggio7.4 km away1,186m
  7. Poggio le Corsicchie7.2 km away1,214m
  8. Poggio dei Tre Vescovi4.9 km away1,127m

40 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗

Islands off the mouth (1)

Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas

  1. Isola Sacra1.2 km away

Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗

From space

The source and the mouth, seen from orbit

Tiber: satellite view of the source
The source14 km across
Tiber: satellite view of the mouth
The mouth18 km across

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.

Photos

Tiber in pictures

StAngelo Bridge Rome
AngMoKio · CC BY-SA 2.5
Castel Sant'Angelo,tiber and Ponte Vittorio at night
Livioandronico2013 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tiber and Ponte Sisto
Livioandronico2013 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tiber river at Lungotevere de' Cenci
Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0

Tributaries

Where it flows, and what flows into it

Tributaries (14)

Also: Allia, Cremera, Paglia, Chiascio, Nestore, Treja, Almone, Naia, Afra, Farfa, Magliana, Puglia

Where these numbers come from

Name, length, placesWikidata (Q13712) · CC0
Course, profile, basinRiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata
FlowWaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Climate along the riverWorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0
Towns, bridges, damsWikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Along the river© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Our other atlasesLakeyas, Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every source and licence is on the data sources page.

The family

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