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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Italy
		It stretches from the Bay of Terracina to the Gulf of Policastro, except the valleys of the Tolero or Sacco and the Liri.
		In the valley of the Liri is the thriving town of Sora (pop.
		Its boundaries are the Mediterranean from the mouth of the Fiora to Terracina, and the Rivers Liri, Turano, Farfa, Tiber, and Paglia.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08208a.htm (17934 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Italy
		The Arno River, which has an average breadth of from 330 to 500 feet, rises on Mt. Falterona (5400 feet) and flows towards the southeast between the Apennines and the Pratomagno, through a beautiful spacious valley that is the continuation of the Val di Chiana and is called Casentino.
		The rivers of Continental Italy that empty into the Adriatic Sea are divided into four groups: (a) the Po and its tributaries; (b) the Venetian rivers; (c) the rivers of the Romagna, and (d) the rivers of Istria, grouped on account of their special characteristics.
		The middle range of the Abruzzan Apennines parts from the Velino River near Mt. Terminillo and divides into the groups of Mt. Velino and of Mt. Sirente, from which the range is continued to the south-east, by the Scanno Mountains, which are separated from those of Majella by the plains of Solmona and of Cinquemiglia.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08208a.htm (17934 words)

	The Rapido River
		General Alphonse Juin, commander of the French Corps, lobbied heavily to attack through the mountains, saying that it would out flank the Germans and that they would be forced to withdraw from their positions in the Liri Valley.
		The US Fifth Army, which consisted of the US II Corps and the French Expeditionary Corps, attacked across the Rapido River and the Gustav Line South of the Liri River while the British Eighth Army was attacking the Gustav Line North of the Liri River.
		After much discussion they were allowed to do so.
	www.scotskinner.com /tpg2/descript/rapido.htm (17934 words)

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