The Ombrone is a 160 km long river in Tuscany

Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....

, central Italy

Central Italy

Central Italy is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics , a first level NUTS region and a European Parliament constituency...

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The Ombrone's source is located near Castelnuovo Berardenga

Castelnuovo Berardenga

Castelnuovo Berardenga is a comune in the Province of Siena in the Italian region Tuscany, located about 50 km southeast of Florence and about 14 km east of Siena...

, on the south-eastern side of the Monti del Chianti. After a twisting route, it receives the waters of the tribuaries Arbia

Arbia

The Arbia is a torrent in Tuscany, central Italy, an affluence of the Ombrone river. Its source is located in the comune of Castellina in Chianti, at 620 m of altitude...

, Merse and Orcia before reaching the plain near Istia d'Ombrone

Istia d'Ombrone

Istia d'Ombrone is a small town in southern Tuscany, Italy, a frazione of the comune of Grosseto.-History:In the area surrounding the centre of Istia there have been found some ruins of ancient habitations dating back to the Etruscan era in the area of Poggio Cavallo.It was habitated also during...

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It subsequently passes near the city of Grosseto

Grosseto

Grosseto is a city and comune in the central Italian region of Tuscany, the capital of the Province of Grosseto. The city lies 14 km from the Tyrrhenian Sea, in the Maremma, at the centre of an alluvial plain, on the Ombrone river....

, before flowing into the Tyrrhenian Sea

Tyrrhenian Sea

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External links

• Ombrone river: Finding the source by turismo.intoscana.it