Adige

E95742

geographical feature river

The Adige is one of Italy’s longest rivers, flowing from the Alpine region of South Tyrol through cities like Bolzano and Verona before emptying into the Adriatic Sea.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Adige River	4
Adige River (Latin: Athesis)	1
Adige Valley	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geographical feature ⓘ river ⓘ
basinArea	about 12,100 km² ⓘ
basinCountry	Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
drainageBasin	Adige basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsDirection	generally from northwest to southeast ⓘ
flowsInto	Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
flowsThrough	Adige Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Bolzano NERFINISHED ⓘ Merano NERFINISHED ⓘ Rovereto NERFINISHED ⓘ Trento NERFINISHED ⓘ Verona NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBridgeIn	Ponte Pietra in Verona NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFloodRisk	yes ⓘ
hasTributary	Avisio NERFINISHED ⓘ Isarco NERFINISHED ⓘ Noce NERFINISHED ⓘ Passirio NERFINISHED ⓘ Talvera NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownAs	Etsch NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownAsInLanguage	Adesc in Ladin ⓘ Etsch in German ⓘ
length	about 410 km ⓘ approximately 255 miles ⓘ
locatedIn	Northern Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ South Tyrol NERFINISHED ⓘ Trentino-Alto Adige NERFINISHED ⓘ Veneto NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Europe ⓘ
majorCityOnRiver	Bolzano NERFINISHED ⓘ Trento NERFINISHED ⓘ Verona NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Italian river basin authorities ⓘ
mouth	Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Po Basin macro-region hydrologically ⓘ
passesThroughRegion	Alto Adige NERFINISHED ⓘ Trentino NERFINISHED ⓘ Veneto coastal plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
rankingByLengthInItaly	second-longest river in Italy ⓘ
regionHydrologyRole	important river for northeastern Italy ⓘ
sourceElevation	Alpine region above 1500 m ⓘ
sourceRegion	Alps NERFINISHED ⓘ South Tyrol NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	hydroelectric power ⓘ irrigation ⓘ navigation in some stretches ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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

Tyrolean Alps → containsRiver → Adige ⓘ

Northeastern Italy → hasMajorRiver → Adige ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adige River

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol → hasMajorRiver → Adige ⓘ

Veneto → hasRiver → Adige ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adige River

Trento → locatedInValley → Adige ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adige Valley

Este → locatedOnRiver → Adige ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adige River

Trento → locatedOnRiver → Adige ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adige River

Este → namedAfter → Adige ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adige River (Latin: Athesis)