Darat (river)

a Pleiades place resource

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Pliny the Elder describes the Darat River of North Africa as a place where crocodiles are found. It was located in the region of Mauritania.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/944262599

Locations:

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Names:

Geographic Names:
- flumen Darat (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)

Darat (river) makes connections with:

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Darat (river) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
river, drainage

References:

Evidence:

Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 5.10.1

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Darat (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/944262599> [accessed: 08 October 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/944262599 |title=Places: 944262599 (Darat (river)) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=October 8, 2026 4:15 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}