Draining Into The Ionian Sea
For the purposes of this list, the Italian rivers draining into the Ionian Sea will begin at Santa Maria di Leuca in the east and will extend to the Strait of Messina in the west. Sicilian rivers are excluded because they are listed in their own section below. The rivers are ordered according to how far east their mouth is, the first river having the easternmost mouth and the last having the westernmost mouth.
- Lato
- Bradano
-
- Basentello
- Bilioso
- Gravina
- Gravina di Matera
- Basento
- Cavone
-
- Salandrella
- Agri
- Sinni
- Crati
- Stilaro
- Allaro
- Amusa
- Gerace
- Bonamico
- La Verde
- Torno
- Amendolea
- Melito
Read more about this topic: List Of Rivers Of Italy
Famous quotes containing the words draining and/or sea:
“The Universal Soul, as it is called, has an interest in the stacking of hay, the foddering of cattle, and the draining of peat-meadows.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“In tremendous extremities human souls are like drowning men; well enough they know they are in peril; well enough they know the causes of that peril;Mnevertheless, the sea is the sea, and these drowning men do drown.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)