Po Basin

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The Po Basin is the broad, fertile lowland region of northern Italy drained by the Po River and its tributaries, forming one of the country’s most important agricultural and industrial areas.

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Label Occurrences
Po Basin canonical 2

Statements (75)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
lowland
river basin
borders Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED
Alps NERFINISHED
Apennines NERFINISHED
characterizedBy alluvial plains
fertile soils
climate continental influences
humid subtropical climate
contains Pianura Padana NERFINISHED
Po Valley NERFINISHED
country Italy
drainedBy Adda River NERFINISHED
Dora Baltea NERFINISHED
Mincio River NERFINISHED
Oglio River NERFINISHED
Panaro River NERFINISHED
Po River NERFINISHED
Secchia River NERFINISHED
Tanaro River NERFINISHED
Ticino River NERFINISHED
Trebbia River NERFINISHED
economicActivity dairy production
livestock farming
manufacturing industry
transport and logistics
environmentalIssue air pollution
drought episodes
flood risk
subsidence
water pollution
feature dense irrigation network
frequent fog in winter
high humidity
hasRiverDelta Po Delta NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Cisalpine Gaul NERFINISHED
Lombardy (historical region) NERFINISHED
knownFor industrial development
intensive agriculture
language Gallo-Italic languages NERFINISHED
Italian
locatedIn Emilia-Romagna
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Liguria NERFINISHED
Lombardy
Marche NERFINISHED
Northern Italy
Piedmont
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol NERFINISHED
Tuscany
Valle d'Aosta NERFINISHED
Veneto
majorCity Bologna NERFINISHED
Cremona NERFINISHED
Ferrara NERFINISHED
Mantua NERFINISHED
Milan NERFINISHED
Modena NERFINISHED
Parma NERFINISHED
Pavia NERFINISHED
Piacenza NERFINISHED
Reggio Emilia NERFINISHED
Turin NERFINISHED
Verona NERFINISHED
majorCrop fodder crops
maize
rice
soybeans
sugar beet
wheat
partOf Po River watershed NERFINISHED
usedFor hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bacchiglione River partOf Po Basin
Brenta River partOf Po Basin