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Italian rivers are generally shorter than those of other European regions because Italy is partly a peninsula along which the Apennine chain rises, dividing the waters into two opposite sides. 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 ...
The Tiber (/ ˈ t aɪ b ər / TY-bər; Italian: Tevere; [1] Latin: Tiberis [2]) is the third-longest river in Italy and the longest in Central Italy, rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia-Romagna and flowing 406 km (252 mi) through Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, where it is joined by the River Aniene, to the Tyrrhenian Sea, between Ostia and ...
The Po (/ poʊ / POH, Italian: [ˈpɔ]) [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 headwaters of the Po are formed by a spring seeping from a stony hillside at ...
The second longest Italian river is the Adige (410 km or 250 mi), which originates near Lake Resia and flows into the Adriatic Sea, after having made a north–south route, near Chioggia. The third longest river in Italy is the Tiber (405 km or 252 mi), the second longest Italian river in terms of hydrographic basin; it was formed on Monte ...
The river originates on Monte Falterona [3] in the Casentino area of the Apennines, and initially takes a southward curve. The river turns to the west near Arezzo passing through Florence, Empoli and Pisa, [4] flowing into the Ligurian Sea [5] [6] at Marina di Pisa. [7] [8] With a length of 241 kilometres (150 mi), it is the largest river in ...
Liro (Como) Liro (Sondrio) Livenza. Livo (river) (previous page) (next page) Categories: Bodies of water of Italy. Rivers of Europe by country. Rivers by country.
Adige. The Adige (Italian: [ˈaːdidʒe]; German: Etsch [ɛtʃ] ⓘ; Venetian: Àdexe [ˈadeze]; Romansh: Adisch [ɐˈdiːʃ] ⓘ; Ladin: Adesc; Latin: Athesis; Ancient Greek: Ἄθεσις, romanized:Áthesis, or Ἄταγις, Átagis[ 1 ]) is the second-longest river in Italy, after the Po. It rises near the Reschen Pass in the Vinschgau in ...
Length. 80 km (50 mi) The Rubicon (Latin: Rubico; Italian: Rubicone [rubiˈkoːne]; [1] Romagnol: Rubicôn [rubiˈkoːŋ]) is a shallow river in northeastern Italy, just south of Cesena and north of Rimini. It was known as Fiumicino until 1933, when it was identified with the ancient river Rubicon, famously crossed by Julius Caesar in 49 BC.