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The Po has a drainage area of 74,000 km 2 in all, 70,000 of those being in Italy, of which 41,000 is in montane environments and 29,000 on the plain. [2] The slope of the Po's river valley decreases from 0.35% in the west to 0.14% in the east, a low gradient.
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 ...
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The longest river originating in Italy is the Drava, which flows for 724 km (450 mi), while the river flowing the most kilometers in Italy is the 652 km (405 mi) long Po. Rivers in Italy total about 1,200, [1] and give rise, compared to other European countries, to a large number of marine mouths.
Padania (/ p ə ˈ d eɪ n i ə / pə-DAY-nee-ə, UK also /-ˈ d ɑː n-/- DAH-, [1] Italian: [paˈdaːnja]) is an alternative name and proposed independent state encompassing Northern Italy, derived from the name of the Po River (Latin Padus), whose basin includes much of the region, centered on the Po Valley (Pianura Padana), the major plain of Northern Italy.
The source of the river, the Trebbia river spring, is in the Ligurian Apennines on the south slopes of Monte Prelà, to the south of Monte Antola in the comune of Torriglia, Province of Genoa. Monte Prelà, 1,407 m (4,616 ft) high, [1] [note 1] is part of the Antola massif. The spring is not on the peak but is at roughly 800 m (2,600 ft). [3]
The river Eridanos / ə ˈ r ɪ d ə ˌ n ɒ s / or Eridanus (/ ə ˈ r ɪ d ə n ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἠριδανός) is, both, the name of a river in Northern Europe mentioned in Greek mythology and historiography, and the name of the god of said-river.
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.