Sinni (river)

Sinni
Sinni
	Mouth of the Sinni river near Policoro, Basilicata
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Serra della Giumenta (Lucan Apennines)
• elevation	1,380 m (4,530 ft)
Mouth	Gulf of Taranto
• location	south of Policoro
• coordinates	40°09′10″N 16°41′30″E / 40.1529°N 16.6917°E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	94 km (58 mi)
Basin size	1,292 km2 (499 sq mi)

The Sinni (Latin: Siris or Semnus;^[1] Greek: Σῖρις or Σίνις) is a 94 km long river in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. In antiquity, the city of Siris lay at its mouth. Near the town of Senise, a dam on the river was built in 1970-1982, the largest in Europe built with earth. In correspondence of it, it forms the Lago di Monte Cotugno [it], one of the largest artificial basins in Italy.

^ Richard J.A. Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World: Map-By-Map Directory. Vol. I. Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press. p. 700. ISBN 0691049459.

[1] Richard J.A. Talbert, ed. (2000). Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World: Map-By-Map Directory. Vol. I. Princeton, NJ and Oxford, UK: Princeton University Press. p. 700. ISBN 0691049459.

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