Vercelli plain

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The Vercelli plain is an extensive agricultural lowland area in northern Italy’s Piedmont region, renowned especially for its rice paddies and irrigated farmland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
plain
agriculturalPractice flood irrigation
mechanized farming
belongsTo northwestern Italy NERFINISHED
contributesTo European rice production
Italian rice production
country Italy
drainedBy Agogna River NERFINISHED
Cervo River NERFINISHED
Sesia River NERFINISHED
economicActivity agriculture
rice processing
hasCharacteristic extensive
irrigated farmland
lowland
hasClimate humid subtropical climate
hasFeature canal network
drainage channels
farmsteads
hasLandUse arable land
paddy fields
hasSoilType alluvial soils
hasTransportInfrastructure railway lines
rural roads
knownFor intensive agriculture
rice cultivation
rice paddies
languageSpoken Italian
locatedIn Piedmont
northern Italy NERFINISHED
locatedNear city of Vercelli NERFINISHED
mainCrop rice
namedAfter Vercelli NERFINISHED
otherCrop forage crops
maize
wheat
partOf Po Valley NERFINISHED
Province of Vercelli NERFINISHED
regionalLanguage Lombard dialects
Piedmontese
regionType rural area
seasonalFeature flooded fields in spring
usesIrrigationSystem canals
ditches

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Sesia flowsThrough Vercelli plain
Vercellese Piedmontese hasRegion Vercelli plain