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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 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.
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 "Porto Viro cut-off" in 1604 diverted the Po river before the confluence of the Tartaro-Canalbianco; since then the former channel of the Po delta named Po di Levante has been the final part of the river. Currently it flows by the modern Adria; it communicates, by canals, with the Po river and the Adige river.
The Olona (Olona in Italian; Ulona, [1] Urona or Uòna [2] in Western Lombard) is an Italian river belonging to the Po Basin, 71 kilometres (44 mi) long, [3] [4] [5] that runs through the Province of Varese and Metropolitan City of Milan whose course is developed entirely in Lombardy.
Stura di Lanzo (Latin: Varus) is a 65-kilometre (40 mi) long river in north-western Italy , in the Metropolitan City of Turin. It is formed from several tributaries near Lanzo Torinese. It flows into the river Po in Turin.
The Grana del Monferrato (to distinguish it from the Grana of the Province of Cuneo) is a small Italian river, classified as a torrente, a right tributary of the Po, which runs almost entirely in the Province of Alessandria among the hills of the Basso Monferrato which lie between the Po to the north and the Tanaro to the south.
The Dora Riparia (Italian: [ˈdɔːra riˈpaːrja]; Piedmontese: Dòira Rivaira; French: Doire Ripaire or Doire; [1] Latin: Duria minor) is an alpine river, a left-bank tributary of the Po. It is 125 kilometres (78 mi) long (of which 5 km is in France), [1] with a 1,231 square kilometres (475 sq mi) drainage basin.