Basento

Basento Vasento, ancient: Masuentum
View of the Basentotal
Data
location	Basilicata , southern Italy
River system	Basento
River basin district	Appennino Meridionale
Source height	1722  m slm
muzzle	at Lido di Metaponto in the Gulf of Taranto Coordinates: 40 ° 20 ′ 15 ″  N , 16 ° 49 ′ 6 ″  E 40 ° 20 ′ 15 ″  N , 16 ° 49 ′ 6 ″  E
Mouth height	0  m slm
Height difference	1722 m
Bottom slope	12 ‰
length	149 km
Catchment area	1537 km²

The Basento ( Vasento, Masuentum ) is the longest river in the southern Italian region of Basilicata . The river has its source on Monte Arioso in the Lucanian Apennines , flows mainly in an east-southeast direction over the provincial capital Potenza and further over Trivigno and flows into the Gulf of Taranto after a run of 149 km at Lido di Metaponto (municipality of Bernalda ) . For most of his run he is accompanied by the Battipaglia – Metaponto railway line and the well-developed Italian Strada Statale 407 Basentana ( European route 847 ).

Tributaries

The Camastra flows into the Basento from the right, the Tiera and the Lavannarello flow from the left .