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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 (Pianura Padana, Italian: [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 ...
The Po river as it enters the province of Rovigo near Melara The Adige river as it enters the province of Rovigo near Badia Polesine. The province of Rovigo (Italian: provincia di Rovigo) is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rovigo.
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.
Polesine's origins are connected with the myth of Phaeton, the young god who drowned with the Sun chariot in the river Eridano (the former name of the river Po). In Crespino , a small village in Polesine, there is a square (the chief one of the town) dedicated to Phaeton, to commemorate the old legend and the oral tradition saying that Phaeton ...
The Po River District Basin Authority (Italian: Autorità di bacino distrettuale del fiume Po)—formerly the Po River Basin Authority (Autorità di bacino del fiume Po) and abbreviated AdbPo—is a statutory corporation responsible for the maintenance of the Po river and tributaries in Italy's sovereign territory.
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 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.