Although its name derives from the Oscan word tifata, which means holm oak, Mount Tifata is largely barren, except for the woods surrounding the northern side.

It is an artificial lake, created in the 1960s to power the electricity station of Capriati al Volturno.

It rises at the foot of Mounts Trebulani, at 86 meters above sea level, in the territory of Calvi Risorta.

For the ancient Italic peoples it was a sacred river. On the shores, they erected sanctuaries such as the Demetra and Teano one.

The peak of Mount Miletto is reflecting in its placid waters where they come from.

In the north-east of Campania Felix, separated from the Campania Apennines by the valley of the Medio Volturno, the massif of the Trebulani Mountains rises, also known as the Colli Caprensi.