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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.
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.
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.
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Italian rivers are categorized into two main groups: the Alpine-Po river rivers and the Apennine-island rivers. [24] The longest Italian river is the Po (652 km or 405 mi), which flows from the Monviso, runs through the entire Po Valley from west to east, and then flows, with a delta, into the Adriatic Sea. In addition to being the longest, it ...
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 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.