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Veneti
Veneti people of ancient Italy. They occupied the shore of the Adriatic from Trieste to the mouth of the Po River and spoke an Illyrian language. Friendly toward Rome, they came under Roman rule in the 2d cent. BC ... Read more
Adda
Adda , river, 194 mi (312 km) long, rising in the Rhaetian Alps, N Italy, and flowing SW through Lake Como, then S into the Po River near Cremona. Its upper course furnishes much electric power; the lower river irrigates the Lombard plain. Many battles have been fought along its course, notably the ... Read more
Po
Po , Latin Padus, longest river of Italy, c.405 mi (650 km) long, rising in the Cottian Alps of Piedmont, NW Italy. It winds generally east in a wide valley, past Turin, Pavia, Piacenza, Cremona, and Ferrara, to enter the Adriatic Sea through several mouths. Its marshy delta is constantly expandin... Read more
river
river stream of water larger than a brook or creek. Land surfaces are never perfectly flat, and as a result the runoff after precipitation tends to flow downward by the shortest and steepest course in depressions formed by the intersection of slopes. Runoffs of sufficient volume and velocity join t... Read more
levee
levee [Fr.,=raised], embankment built along a river to prevent flooding by high water. Levees are the oldest and the most extensively used method of flood control. They are constructed by piling earth on a surface that has been cleared of vegetation and leveled. From a broad base the levee narrow... Read more
floodplain
floodplain level land along the course of a river formed by the deposition of sediment during periodic floods. Floodplains contain such features as levees, backswamps, delta plains, and oxbow lakes. Floodplains may be extensive, such as below the conflux of the Ohio and the Mississippi, where the... Read more
Guastalla
Guastalla , town (1991 pop. 13,354), Emilia-Romagna, N Italy, on the Po River. It is an agricultural and industrial center. Probably founded in the 7th cent., Guastalla was held by various lords and in 1539 was bought by Ferrante Gonzaga of Mantua. It was made a duchy in 1621. After the Guastalla br... Read more
Rovigo
Rovigo , city (1991 pop. 52,472), capital of Rovigo prov., Venetia, N Italy, between the Adige and the Po rivers. It is an agricultural market and an industrial center. Manufactures include furniture, ceramics, dyes, beer, and leather goods. First mentioned in the 9th cent., Rovigo belonged to the E... Read more
Manicouagan
Manicouagan , river, 310 mi (499 km) long, rising in E central Que., Canada, and flowing S to the St. Lawrence River near Baie Comeau. The river is an important source of hydroelectricity. ... Read more
Arctic Red River
Arctic Red River c.310 mi (500 km) long, rising in the Mackenzie Mts. of W Northwest Territories, Canada, and flowing generally NW to the Mackenzie River. At its mouth are a post of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the village of Tsiigehtchic, formerly Arctic Red River. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Po River"

Po
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Po , Latin Padus, longest river of Italy, c.405 mi (650 km) long...hydroelectricity is produced there. The Po River is navigable for small craft c.300...extensively used for irrigation. The Po valley is densely populated and is the...
Italy
Encyclopedia entry from: Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations ...country. Except for the fertile Po River Valley in the north and the narrow...At the foot of the Alps, the Po River, the only large river in Italy, flows from west to east...form the southern border of the Po Plain. Numerous streams and a...
Wilderness to Petersburg Campaign
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History ...Grant began by crossing the Rapidan River west of Lee and stopping for the night...he attacked Lee's flank on the Po River and orchestrated a massive assault...V” below the North Anna River, its tip resting on the river. Grant...
Ticino
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Ticino Lat. Ticinus, river, 154 mi (248 km) long, rising in...Maggiore into N Italy, joining the Po River below Pavia. In Switzerland, the Ticino...Cavour irrigation canal branches from the river. The Ticino River was the scene (218...
Adda
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Adda , river, 194 mi (312 km) long, rising in the...SW through Lake Como, then S into the Po River near Cremona. Its upper course furnishes much electric power; the lower river irrigates the Lombard plain. Many battles...
Mincio
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Mincio , river, c.47 mi (76 km) long, in Lombardy, N Italy. It flows generally...end of Lake Garda through Mantua (where it forms three lakes) to the Po River. Above Lake Garda it is called the Sarca. The Sarca-Garda-Mincio...
Venice
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...the sea yet had access in their boats and barges to the river mouths that led to inland cities. Primarily fishermen...trading centers, drawing on the fertile lands bordering the Po River, and gateways to the passes over the Alps and the commercial...
Swiss, Italian
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...of Ticino was named by Napoleon in 1803 after the main river of the region. The name "Grigioni" is derived from the...All the rivers lead to the Italian Lombardic plain of the Po River. The region is located at 46 ° N and between 8...
Trebbia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Trebbia , river, c.70 mi (110 km) long, rising in the Ligurian Apennines, N Italy, and flowing generally NE past Bobbio to join the Po River near Piacenza. Near that city in 218 BC Hannibal won a decisive victory...
Veneti
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Veneti people of ancient Italy. They occupied the shore of the Adriatic from Trieste to the mouth of the Po River and spoke an Illyrian language. Friendly toward Rome, they came under Roman rule in the 2d cent. BC

Dictionary entries related to "Po River"

Gothic Line
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...north and make a defensive stand in the Apennines near the Po River valley. The Gothic Line, as it came to be called, was...they broke the Gothic Line. American troops entered the Po River valley and took Bologna on 21 April. Unable to stop the...
International Order
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...Roman Republic expanding to bring all of Italy south of the Po River under a single government and then in a series of wars...northern England to the Syrian Desert and from the Rhine River south to the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara. The network...
Italian Campaign
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...fell (June 1944), and Florence was captured after bitter fighting (August 1944). The Germans consolidated in the River Po valley and fought a hard battle through the autumn of 1944. In April 1945 the Allied armies launched their final attacks...
Lega Nord
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...proclaimed the ‘Republic of Padania’, with the aim of creating a rival state in Italy north of the River Po, complete with a separate government and administration. Although this was only supported by a minority, Bossi hoped...
Italy
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Physical Among the southern foothills of the Alps in the north of the mainland are the Italian Lakes. Below them the River Po runs west-east across the fertile Lombardy Plain to the Adriatic Sea. The Apennines are the backbone of the peninsula...
Ceva, Giovanni
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...Teresa de ’ Carmelitani Scalzi. Ceva ’ s efforts concerning the problem of diverting the river Reno into the Po deserve special attention; his opposition to this plan of the Bolognese led to the abandonment of the project...
delta
Book article from: A Dictionary of Ecology ...coarsening upwards of sediments. A river provides the sediments to form...floor, and the nature of the river-mouth processes (particularly...deltas into three classes: (a)river-dominated (e.g. the Mississippi and Po);(b)wave-dominated...
whirlpool
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English whirl·pool / ˈ(h)wərlˌpoōl / • n. a rapidly rotating mass of water in a river or sea into which objects may be drawn, typically caused by the meeting of conflicting...
Pullman
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English Pull·man 1 / ˈpoŏlmən / a commercial city in southeastern Washington, on the Palouse River, home to Washington State University; pop. 23,478. Pull·man 3 • n. ( pl. -mans...
Atherton, David
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...and at CG début. Prin. cond. RLPO 1980–3. Mus. dir. San Diego SO 1981–7, Hong Kong PO from 1989. Cond. f.ps. of Punch and Judy (Aldeburgh 1968) and We Come to the River (CG 1976). OBE 1999.

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Po Partnership.(similarities between the Hudson River and the Po River in Italy)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: New York State Conservationist; 6/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...the exchange of ideas about the Hudson River and the River Po. The River Po flows for some 400 miles from the Alps in northern...great difference from the Hudson River is that the River Po's basin is immense -- about one fourth the whole...
Exploring the Tsang Po River
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 10/8/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...traverse the 140-mile-long Tsang Po River deep below the Himalayan Mountains...NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EXPEDITION OF TSANG PO RIVER: Hello. MONTAGNE: Now, am I right...you again as you traverse the Tsang Po River in the coming couple of months. Take...
Evaluation of nitrogen non-point sources in Po river near Turin.(Technical report)
Magazine article from: American Journal of Environmental Sciences; 7/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...the treated flow is introduced in Po river downstream of the city, in Castiglione...a separate sewing systems flow in river Po. The treatment necessity for this...Considered river stretch: The head of the Po river is located in West Alps in Piedmont...
Shakespeare looms large on cruise of Italy's Po River
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/3/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...s characters lived on. Now in its third season on the Po River, the five-star Casanova headed up the lagoon to the flutter...dangerous floods and incorrigible low water. The unpotable Po was proving uncooperative again. Last evening a rival riverboat...
Deilmann To Sail Po River.(travel industry's Peter Deilmann's construction of river cruise vessel and services)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Cruise Travel; 1/1/2001; 560 words ; ...cruise vessels, is building his ninth European river ship, which will sail in Italy on the Po River from Venice beginning in April. Construction...offer a full season of weekly cruises along the Po River valley and on the Venetian Lagoon from April...
Sun, sea and slime. (pollution of Po River promotes abnormal proliferation of algae growth in Adriatic) (Europe)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 7/22/1989; 700+ words ; ...single polluter of the Adriatic is the river Po, which flows through some of the most...intensively cultivated parts of Italy. The Po, according to the government's own...Last year's plans to clean up the Po remained just plans. So local administrators...
The Po River Delta (North Italy) indoor epidemiological study: effects of pollutant exposure on acute respiratory symptoms and respiratory function in adults.
Magazine article from: Archives of Environmental Health; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...stratified, general population sample that lived in the Po River Delta area (near Venice) were performed in 1980-1982...the plant. The features of air-quality patterns in the Po River Delta area for the period 1981-1993 have been described...
Italy stays on alert for Po River flooding
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 10/21/2000; 313 words ; Italy stays on alert for Po River flooding From Journal Sentinel wire reports Saturday, October 21, 2000 Rovigo, Italy -- As the flood crest of the Po River entered a fertile strip of land in Italy's northeast...
Anxious vigil as the river Po sweeps all before it
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/20/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...anxious vigil over their river, the swollen Po, as it rose ominously...along the length of the river Po as, swollen by heavy rains...was never the fear of the river that there is today...church of the Madonna of the Po is half under a huge expanse...
Shakespeare looms large on dramatic River Po cruise
Newspaper article from: China Daily; 7/4/2003; 700+ words ; ...on. Now in its third season on the River Po, the five-star Casanova headed up...Rising in the Alps, Italy's longest river curls and twists and piles up shoals...incorrigible low water. The unpotable Po was proving unco-operative again...