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See also:CHIANA (anc. Clanis) , a See also:river of See also:Tuscany, which rises in the See also:Apennines S. of See also:Arezzo, runs through the valley of See also:Chiusi, and after receiving the Paglia just below See also:Orvieto, falls into the See also:Tiber after a course of 6o m. In See also:Roman times its See also:waters ran entirely into the Tiber. It often caused considerable floods in the valley of See also:Clusium (Chiusi) which were noticeable even in See also:Rome itself, and in A.D. 15 it was proposed to divert See also:part of its waters into the Arnus, a project which was abandoned owing to the opposition of the Florentines (Tac. See also:Ann. i. 76, 79). In the See also:middle ages the whole of its valley from Arezzo to Chiusi was an uninhabitable swamp; but at the end of the '8th See also:century the engineer See also:Count See also:Fossombroni took the See also:matter in See also:hand, and moved the See also:watershed some 25 M. farther See also:south, so that its waters now flow partly into the See also:Arno and partly into the Tiber. End of Article: CHIANA (anc. Clanis)Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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