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The Po (/ p oʊ / POH, Italian:) [3] is the longest river in Italy. It flows eastward across northern Italy, starting from the Cottian Alps.The river's length is either 652 km (405 mi) or 682 km (424 mi), if the Maira, a right bank tributary, is included.
The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain (Italian: Pianura Padana [pjaˈnuːra paˈdaːna] or Val Padana) is a major geographical feature of northern Italy. It extends approximately 650 km (400 mi) in an east-west direction, with an area of 46,000 km 2 (18,000 square miles) including its Venetic extension not actually related to ...
The Lambro (Lombard: Lamber or Lambar [ˈlãːber;-bar]) is a river of Lombardy, northern Italy, a left tributary of the Po.. The Lambro rises from the Monte San Primo, elevation 1,685 metres (5,528 ft), near the Ghisallo, in the province of Como, not far from Lake Como.
View of the confluence of the Frigidolfo branch (left) and the Narcanello branch (right), Ponte di Legno River Oglio at Berzo Demo, Val Camonica. The Oglio (Italian:; Latin: Ollius or Olius; Lombard: Òi, Cremonese: Ùi) is a left-side tributary of the river Po in Lombardy, Italy. It is 280 kilometres (170 mi) long.
The valley gives rise to the longest river in Italy, the Po, before it enters the Pianura Padana (or the Plain of the Po). It has a length of some 32 km, from Saluzzo to Crissolo, and is home to the Monviso mountain. It is bounded by the Val Pellice, Valle Varaita and the Valle del Guil.
The northern border is set on the Adige river from Badia Polesine to the sea, except for the territory of Cavarzere (in the province of Venice); the southern border is set on the Po river from Melara to the sea. The province includes the whole delta of the Po and the border is set on the Po di Goro channel of the delta.
The Ticino joins the Po a few kilometres downstream (along the Ticino) from Pavia. [2] It is about 248 kilometres (154 mi) long. The stretch of river between Lake Maggiore and the confluence in the Po is included in the Parco naturale lombardo della Valle del Ticino, a Nature reserve included by UNESCO in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves ...
Flamingos in the delta of the Po river], Italy. A river is a natural flow of freshwater that flows on or through land towards another body of water downhill. [1] This flow can be into a lake, an ocean, or another river. [1] A stream refers to water that flows in a natural channel, a geographic feature that can contain flowing water. [2]