Ceno (river)
Ceno | ||
The Ceno in the Po river system |
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location | Emilia-Romagna , Italy | |
River system | Po | |
Drain over | Taro → Po → Adriatic | |
muzzle | at Fornovo di Taro in the Taro coordinates: 44 ° 41 ′ 31 ″ N , 10 ° 5 ′ 29 ″ E, 44 ° 41 ′ 31 ″ N , 10 ° 5 ′ 29 ″ E
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length | 63 km |
The Ceno is a 63 km long, non-navigable river in the northern Italian Po Valley . It rises on Monte Penna in the Apennines and forms the left tributary of the Taro , into which it flows at Fornovo di Taro . It mainly flows through the province of Parma in the Emilia-Romagna region .
The etymological origin of the name "Ceno" goes back to the Celtic tribe of the Cenomanni , who, according to Polybius, around 400 BC. Immigrated to northern Italy.
The valley of the Ceno is a well-known site for metamorphic minerals . Among other things, the lherzolite occurs here .