Crati

The young Crati

The Crati ( ancient Greek: Κρᾶθις ) is a river in Calabria in southern Italy. The Crati 91 km long and thus the longest river in Calabria. It rises in 1742 m altitude in the Sila mountains on Mount Timpone Bruno, in the municipality of Aprigliano. The catchment area of the river is 2440 km ². Its most important tributaries are the Busento and Coscile. The Busento flows near Cosenza in the Crati. The Coscile flows the Crati shortly before it flows into the Ionian Sea to. The sea is at the mouth of the Gulf of Taranto Crati within the Gulf of Corigliano. Before the mouth of the river flows through the plain of Sibari. This plane was in ancient times a settlement area of ​​the Magna Graecia with the cities of Sybaris and Thurii, and later to the 20th century a wetland. Today, the level is used for agriculture intensive. A few hundred meters south of the mouth of the Crati are the Port of Corigliano Calabro and its district Schiavonea.

• River in Europe
• River in Calabria
• Water system Ionian Sea