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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.
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.
Po (river) (2 C, 2 P) S. Soča (4 C, 2 P) T. Tiber (3 C, 8 P) ... Lamone (river) Lao (Italian river) Lato (river) Lavagna (river) Lemina; Lemme; Leno (stream ...
On 3 April 2014, the Italian Chamber of Deputies gave its final approval to Law n.56/2014 which involved the transformation of the Italian provinces into "institutional bodies of second level". According to the 2014 reform, each province is headed by a President (or Commissioner) assisted by a legislative body, the Provincial Council, and an ...
The third and final part of its course, whose length is 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Volta Grimana to mouth, flows in the province of Rovigo and is known by the name of Po di Levante (meaning Eastern Po). The river rises from resurgences in the hills to the southeast of the Lago di Garda and its former lower course had roughly followed what is ...
One of the main right bank tributaries of the Po, it flows through the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. The Secchia in an 1847 map It is 172 kilometres (107 mi) long, and has a drainage basin with a catchment area of 2,292 square kilometres (885 sq mi), alternating between aridity in the dry summer months and higher flows during the wet ...
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 then crosses into the province of Pavia and into the Lomellina area (in the communes of Castello d'Agogna and Lomello) and receives its left tributary, the Erbognone. Finally, the river flows into the Po at Balossa Bigli, part of the comune of Mezzana Bigli , which is near the border between the province of Pavia and the province of ...