Salto (river)

Somersault
The Lago del Salto
Data
location	Abruzzo and Lazio , central Italy
River system	Tiber
Drain over	Velino  → Nera  → Tiber  → Tyrrhenian Sea
River basin district	Appennino Centrale
source	Conca d ' Avezzano , municipality of Scurcola Marsicana
muzzle	at Rieti in the Velino coordinates: 42 ° 23 '22 "  N , 12 ° 53' 37"  E 42 ° 23 '22 "  N , 12 ° 53' 37"  E
length	55 km
Reservoirs flowed through	Lago del Salto
Medium-sized cities	Rieti
Communities	Scurcola Marsicana , Petrella Salto

The Salto is a river in central Italy , in the regions of Abruzzo and Lazio . It is a left tributary of the Velino , into which it flows at Rieti .

It rises in the Conca d ' Avezzano in the municipality of Scurcola Marsicana and is 55 km long. It flows through the Cicolano landscape .

In 1940 the river was dammed at Petrella Salto , creating the Lago del Salto .