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Portus was a large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome located at the mouth of the Tiber on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It was established by Claudius and enlarged by Trajan to supplement the nearby port of Ostia. [1] The archaeological remains of Portus are near the modern-day village of Porto within the comune of Fiumicino, Lazio, just southwest of ...
River Mouth coordinates Basin size (km²) Average discharge Length (km) ... Indonesia: 1,904,569: 100.0: 3,221: 100.0 [4] Major rivers by Indonesia. River Island
Agadão River; Águeda River (Douro) Águeda River (Vouga) Albufeira River; Alcabrichel River; Alcantarilha River; Alcoa River; Alcobaça River; Alcofra River; Alfusqueiro River; Algibre River; Algoz River; Alheda River; Aljezur River; Almançor River; Almonda River; Almorode River; Alpiarça River, Ribeira de Ulme, Vala de Alpiarça ...
The Via Portuensis was an ancient Roman road, leading to the Portus constructed by Claudius on the right bank of the Tiber, at its mouth.It started from the Pons Aemilius, and the first part of its course is identical with that of the Via Campana.
Portus Cale was an ancient town and port in present-day northern Portugal, in the area of today's Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. The name of the town eventually influenced the name of the subsequent country of Portugal , from the 9th century onwards .
Portus Mercatorum, a literal rendering of the Latin name for Copenhagen (a rare alternative to the city's standard Latin name, which is the loanword Hafnia); Portus Mariae, a literal rendering of the Latin name for Mariehamn
The mouth of the Arade River proved an important natural shelter that soon became a small commercial port for the Phoenicians, Greeks and Carthaginians. The Carthaginians founded two settlements nearby in the mid-6th century BC, known by their Roman names Portus Magonis and Portus Hannibalis ("Hannibal's Port"). The former was the nucleus of ...
Indonesia, [c] officially the Republic of Indonesia, [d] is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands , including Sumatra , Java , Sulawesi , and parts of Borneo and New Guinea .