Po
The Po river
Origin	Cottian Alps, Italy
Mouth	Adriatic Sea
Basin countries	Italy, Switzerland, France
Length	652 km
Source elevation	2022
Mouth elevation	0
Avg. The Cottian Alps (French Alpes Cottiennes; Italian Alpi Cozie) are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. discharge	1540 m³/s
Basin area	71,000 km²

The Po (Latin: Padus, Italian: Po, Ligurian: Bo, Greek: Eridanus) is a river that flows 652 km(405 miles) eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso (in the Cottian Alps) to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. In Hydrology, the discharge or outflow of a River is the volume of Water transported by it in a certain amount of time Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. The Ligurian language was spoken in pre-Roman times and into the Roman era by an ancient people of north-western Italy and south-eastern France known as the Ligures Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Monte Viso, colloquially known as Monviso ( Piedmontese: Brich Monviso or Viso; Occitan: Vísol) is a mountain in the The Cottian Alps (French Alpes Cottiennes; Italian Alpi Cozie) are a mountain range in the south-western part of the Alps. Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the It has a drainage area of 71,000 km² and is the longest river in Italy.

It goes through many important Italian towns, including Turin (Torino) and (indirectly) Milan (Milano), in Lombardy. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Lombardy (Lombardia Latin: Langobardia, Western Lombard: Lumbardìa, Eastern Lombard: Lombardia) is one of the It is connected to Milan through a net of channels called navigli, which Leonardo da Vinci helped design. Physical geography, a channel is the physical confine of a River, slough or ocean Strait consisting of a bed and banks The navigli was a system of navigable and interconnected Canals centred around Milan in Lombardy Northern Italy. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( April 15 1452 – May 2 1519 was an Italian Polymath, having been a scientist Mathematician, Engineer Near the end of its course, it creates a wide delta (with hundreds of small channels and five main ones, called Po di Maestra, Po della Pila, Po delle Tolle, Po di Gnocca and Po di Goro) at the southern part of which is Comacchio, an area famous for eels. A delta is a Landform where the mouth of a River flows into an Ocean, Sea, Estuary, Lake or another river Comacchio is a town of Emilia Romagna, Italy, in the Province of Ferrara, 48 km by road from the town of Ferrara, in the centre of the lagoon True eels ( Anguilliformes) are an order of Fish, which consists of four suborders 19 families 110 Genera and approximately 600 The Po valley corresponds to the Roman Cisalpine Gaul, divided in Cispadane Gaul (South of the Po) and Transpadane Gaul (North of the Po). Cisalpine Gaul ( Latin: Gallia Cisalpina, meaning " Gaul on this side of the Alps " was the Roman name for a geographical area (later

The vast valley around the Po is called the Padan plain (it: Pianura Padana) and is so efficiently connected by the river that the whole valley became the main industrial area of the country. Po RiverThe Po Valley (Pianura Padana or Val Padana is a major geographical feature of Italy. This river is subject to the authority of a special authority, the Magistrato delle Acque.

The main products of the farms around the river are cereals.

In 2005, water from the Po was found to contain "staggering" amounts of benzoylecgonine, which is excreted by cocaine users in urine. See also Methylecgonine cinnamate Truxilline Hydroxytropacocaine Tropacocaine Excretion is the process of eliminating waste products of Metabolism and other non-useful materials Cocaine ( benzoylmethyl ecgonine) is a Crystalline Tropane Alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the Coca plant Urine is a liquid waste product of the body secreted by the Kidneys by a process of filtration from Blood and Excreted through the Urethra. Based on these figures, cocaine consumption was estimated to be about 4 kg daily, or 27 doses per day per thousand young adults in areas that feed into the river--a number nearly three times higher than previous estimates. [1]

The Po river view from Torino.

The Po river serves as a natural boundary between Emilia Romagna (near side, province of Ferrara) and Veneto (far side, province of Rovigo). Emilia-Romagna is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. The capital is Bologna. Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara. Veneto or Venetia ( Vèneto) is one of the 20 regions of Italy. For the Renaissance composer see Francesco Rovigo. Rovigo is a town in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy, the capital

Tributaries

Tributaries include (R from the right side, L from the left, looking downstream):

• Pellice (L)
• Varaita (R)
• Maira (R)

• Dora Riparia (L)
• Stura di Lanzo (L)
• Orco (L)
• Dora Baltea (L)
• Sesia (L)
• Tanaro (R)
• Scrivia (R)
• Agogna (L)
• Ticino (L)
• Olona (L)
• Lambro (L)
• Trebbia (R)
• Nure (R)
• Adda (L)
• Arda (R)
• Taro (R)
• Parma (R)
• Enza (R)
• Oglio (L)
• Mincio (L)
• Secchia (R)
• Panaro (R)
• Versa

References

Saltini Antonio, Dove l'uomo separò la terra dalle acque. A tributary is a Stream or River which flows into a mainstem (or parent river The Varaita ( Piedmontese: Varàita; Occitan: Varacho, pronounced /va'raʧɔ/ is a 75 km river of the Province of Cuneo The Maira is an Italian river a Right tributary of the Po River, which runs through the Province of Cuneo in eastern Piedmont The Dora Riparia (Duria minor is an Italian river a left-hand tributary of the Po. Stura di Lanzo (Varus is a 65 km long river in north-western Italy ( Piedmont) The Orco ( Eva d'òr, that is Water of gold in Piedmontese; Orgus is an Italian River. Dora Baltea ˈbaltea or Doire Baltée (Duria maior or Duria Bautica) is a river in northern Italy. The Sesia (Latin Sesites or Sessites) is a river in north-western Italy, tributary to the Po. The Scrivia (88 km long is a right Tributary of the Po River, in northern Italy. The Agogna (in Piedmontese Agògna) is a narrow 140 km long river which runs through the Italian regions of Piedmont and Lombardy. The River Ticino (Tessin Latin: Ticinus) is a Tributary of the Po. The Olona is a 131 km long Italian river which runs through the provinces of Varese, Milan and Pavia. The Lambro ( Western Lombard: Lamber or Lambar) is a river of Lombardy, northern Italy, a left tributary of the Po. The Trebbia (stressed Trèbbia; Trebia is a River of Liguria and Emilia Romagna in northern Italy. The Nure (Latin Nura) is a small river in northern Italy ( Province of Piacenza) The Adda (Latin Abdua, or Addua) is a river in North Italy, a tributary of the Po. The Arda is a torrent of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, nearly all of its course being within the Province of Piacenza. The Taro (Latin Tarus) is a 126 km -long River in northern Italy, tributary to the Po River. The River Parma is a large stream of 92km in length that begins in the Tuscan-Emilian Apennine mountains and flows through the Province of Parma into Parma, dividing The Oglio (Latin Ollius, or Olius) is a left-side Tributary of the Po River in Lombardy, Italy. Mincio (ˈmintʃo Latin: Mincius, Ancient greek: Minchios, Μιγχιος) is a river in the Lombardy region of northern The Secchia (Latin Secia) is an Italian river It runs through Emilia-Romagna, and is one of the main tributaries on the right-hand side of the Po The Panaro is an Italian river and the final right-hand tributary to the Po, discounting the Cavo Napoleonico Canal. Versa is a tributary of the Po River which runs through the Province of Pavia in northern Italy. Storia delle bonifiche in Emilia Romagna, Diabasis, Reggio Emilia 2004,Italy,Rome,Turin,Trulli