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Po river
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{{Infobox_river | river_name = Po
| image_name = LocationPoRiver.PNG
| caption = The Po river
| origin =
Cottian Alps,
Italy
| mouth =
Adriatic Sea
| basin_countries =
Italy,
Switzerland
| length = 652 km
| elevation =
| discharge =
| watershed = 71,000 km²
}}
The '''Po''' (
Latin: ''Padus'') is a river that flows 652 kilometers eastward across northern
Italy, from
Mount Monviso (in the
Cottian Alps) to the
Adriatic Sea near
Venice. It has a drainage area of 71,000 square kilometers and is the longest river in Italy.
Image:View_of_the_Po_from_Turin.jpg right|thumb|The Po river view from Torino
It goes through many important Italian towns, including
Turin (Torino) and (indirectly)
Milan (Milano), in
Lombardy. It is connected to Milan through a net of
channels (geography) channels called ''navigli'', which
Leonardo da Vinci helped design. Near the end of its course, it creates a wide
river delta 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. The Po valley corresponds to historical
Cisalpine Gaul, divided in Cispadane Gaul (South of the Po) and Transpadane Gaul (North of the Po).
The vast valley around the Po is called ''Pianura Padana'' and is so efficiently connected by the river that the whole valley became the main industrial area of the country. This river is subject to the authority of a special authority, the ''Magistrato delle Acque''.
In 2005, water from the Po was found to contain "staggering" amounts of
benzoylecgonine, which is
excretion excreted by
cocaine users in
urine. 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.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4746787.stm]
tributary Tributaries include (R form the right side, L form the left):
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Pellice (L)
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Varaita (R)
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Maira (R)
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Dora Riparia (L)
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Stura di Lanzo (L)
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Orco (L)
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Dora Baltea (L)
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Sesia (L)
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Tanaro (R)
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Scrivia (R)
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Agogna (L)
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Ticino River Ticino (L)
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Lambro (L)
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Trebbia (R)
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Nure (R)
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Adda River Adda (L)
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Arda River, Italy Arda (R)
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Taro River Taro (R)
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Parma River Parma (R)
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Enza (R)
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Oglio (L)
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Mincio (L)
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Secchia (R)
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Panaro (R)
Category:Rivers of Italy
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he:פו (× ×”×¨)
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no:Po
pl:Pad
pt:Rio Pó
ru:По (река)
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sv:Po
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Po River
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