Sediment plume at sea
The Tiber River can be seen snaking its way southwards in the image. The third longest river in Italy, it rises in the Apennine Mountains and flows around 400 km before flowing through the city of Rome and draining into the sea near the town of Ostia. The Tiber River plays an important role in sediment transport, so coastal waters here are often discoloured. However, the recent rains resulted in a large amount of sediment pouring into the Tyrrhenian Sea, as this image shows. The sediment plume can be seen stretching 28 km from the coast, carried northwest by currents.
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TiberDer Tiber ist mit 405 km Länge nach dem Po und der Etsch der drittlängste Fluss in Italien und der längste auf der Apenninhalbinsel. Er entspringt im Apennin, fließt durch die italienische Hauptstadt Rom und mündet westlich der Stadt in das Tyrrhenische Meer. .. weiterlesen