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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 770 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LIRI , or GARIGLIANo (anc. Liris), a See also:

river of central See also:Italy, which rises at See also:Cappadocia, 7 m. W. of See also:Avezzano, and traverses a beautiful valley between lofty mountains, See also:running S.S.E. as far as Arce. This valley is followed by the railway from Avezzano to Roccasecca. At Isola del Liri are two See also:fine waterfalls. Below Ceprano, the See also:ancient See also:Fregellae, after it has issued from the mountains, the Liri is joined by the Sacco (anc. Trerus) formed by the See also:union of several torrents between See also:Palestrina and Segni, and the Melfa from the mountains N.E. of See also:Atina, and runs E. through a broader valley. It then turns S. again through the mountains S.W. of the Via See also:Latina (the See also:line of which is followed by the See also:modern railway to See also:Naples), keeping W. of Rocca Monfina, and falls into the See also:sea just below See also:Minturnae, after a course of 104 m. It is not navigable at any point.

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