 | This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Rapido" river – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (May 2020) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Rapido | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Monti delle Mainarde |
| • elevation | c. 2,000 m (6,600 ft) |
| Mouth | Gari |
| • location | near Cassino |
| • coordinates | 41°28′16″N 13°50′14″E / 41.4710°N 13.8372°E / 41.4710; 13.8372 |
| Length | c. 40 km (25 mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 25 m/s (880 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Gari→ Garigliano→ Tyrrhenian Sea |
The Rapido is a short river (c. 40 kilometres (25 mi)) which flows in the Italian province of Frosinone. The river is known for the Battle of the Rapido River, despite it actually occurring on the Gari River.
Its source is close to the border between Lazio and Molise on the slopes of the Mainarde mountains. The river bathes the commune of Sant'Elia Fiumerapido after which it becomes known as the Gari.
Fed by numerous karstic springs, the river has a relatively high and reliable discharge: 25 m³/s on average and never dropping below 10 m³/s.
References
- 1944: la battaglia di S.Angelo in Theodice e la confusione tra i fiumi Rapido e Gari, 1944: the Battle of St. Angelo in Theodice and the Confusion between Rapido and Gari rivers.
 | This Lazio location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
This article related to a river in Italy is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |