Po River

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geographical feature river

The Po River is the longest river in Italy, flowing eastward across northern Italy’s plains to the Adriatic Sea and serving as a major geographic and economic artery for the region.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Po River basin	2
Po River near Castelnuovo Bocca d’Adda	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ river ⓘ
basinCountry	Italy ⓘ
climateZone	temperate ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
deltaLocation	Adriatic Sea ⓘ
drainageBasin	Po Valley ⓘ
economicRole	major transportation corridor ⓘ supports agriculture in Po Valley ⓘ supports industry in Northern Italy ⓘ
emptiesNear	Venice ⓘ
flowsInto	Adriatic Sea ⓘ
flowsThrough	Cremona ⓘ Emilia-Romagna ⓘ Ferrara ⓘ Lombardy ⓘ Pavia ⓘ Piacenza ⓘ Piedmont ⓘ Po Delta ⓘ Turin ⓘ Veneto ⓘ
hasDelta	Po Delta ⓘ
hasFloodRisk	yes ⓘ
hasProtectedArea	Po Delta Regional Park ⓘ
hasTributary	Adda ⓘ Dora Riparia ⓘ surface form: Dora Baltea Dora Riparia ⓘ Mincio ⓘ Paglia ⓘ surface form: Oglio Panaro ⓘ Secchia ⓘ Sesia ⓘ Tanaro ⓘ Ticino ⓘ Trebbia ⓘ
isPartOf	Po basin ⓘ surface form: Po Basin
length	about 405 miles ⓘ about 652 km ⓘ
locatedIn	Italian Peninsula ⓘ Northern Italy ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver	Cremona ⓘ Ferrara ⓘ Piacenza ⓘ Turin ⓘ
mouth	Adriatic Sea ⓘ
notableCharacteristic	flows generally west-to-east across Northern Italy ⓘ longest river in Italy ⓘ
region	Po Valley ⓘ
sourceCountry	Italy ⓘ
sourceLocation	Cottian Alps ⓘ Pian del Re ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ hydroelectric power ⓘ inland navigation ⓘ irrigation ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. Fifth Army → advancedTo → Po River ⓘ

Po basin → contains → Po River ⓘ

Cottian Alps → drainageBasin → Po River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Po River basin

Miage Glacier → drainageBasin → Po River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Po River basin

Italian Peninsula → drainageBasinOf → Po River ⓘ

Po basin → drainedBy → Po River ⓘ

Adda River → flowsInto → Po River ⓘ

this entity surface form: Po River near Castelnuovo Bocca d’Adda

European inland shipping network → hasComponent → Po River ⓘ

Northeastern Italy → hasMajorRiver → Po River ⓘ

Piedmont → hasRiver → Po River ⓘ

Po Valley → hasRiver → Po River ⓘ

Veneto → hasRiver → Po River ⓘ

Ferrara → locatedNear → Po River ⓘ

Emilia-Romagna → locatedOnRiver → Po River ⓘ

Turin → locatedOnRiver → Po River ⓘ

Adriatic Sea → majorRiverInflow → Po River ⓘ

Adda River → majorTributaryOf → Po River ⓘ

Adda River → mouth → Po River ⓘ

Lambro → mouthLocation → Po River ⓘ

Po Valley → namedAfter → Po River ⓘ

Alps region → traversedBy → Po River ⓘ

Northern Italy → traversedBy → Po River ⓘ

Adda River → tributaryOf → Po River ⓘ

Lambro → tributaryOf → Po River ⓘ