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Ticino
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Bellinzona is the capital. Largely a mountainous region, Ticino embraces the Ticino River valley and part of Lago Maggiore and of the Lake...There is an extensive hydroelectric system along the Ticino River. Ticino is noted for its resorts, particularly...
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Swiss, Italian
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Identification. The canton of Ticino was named by Napoleon in 1803 after the main river of the region. The name...reside in two cantons: Ticino and Grigioni (Graubunden...Meridionale). All the rivers lead to the Italian Lombardic plain of the Po River. The region is located...Ceneri ...
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Bellinzona
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...town (1993 pop. 17,100), capital of Ticino canton, S Switzerland, on the Ticino River, near the Italian border. It is a picturesque...under the Helvetic Republic and the capital of Ticino in 1803. The town is dominated by three castles...
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Switzerland
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...Two of Europe's major rivers, the Rhone and the Rhine...a mostly mountainous river that cuts through numerous...Rhine and Lower Rhine Rivers) from which it flows...miles). Other important rivers rise in the central Alps...Inn, the Maggia, the Ticino, and the Aare. The Aare is the largest ...
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Swiss
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...x2014; of plains, lakes, rivers and mountains — approximately...Two of Europe's principal rivers, the Rhine and the Rhone...percent — mostly in the Ticino region — speak Italian...Italian-speaking canton of Ticino. Throughout Switzerland there...
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Po
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Po , Latin Padus, longest river of Italy, c.405 mi (650 km) long...eastward. The Dora Baltea, Tanaro, Ticino, Adda, and Oglio rivers are its chief tributaries; hydroelectricity is produced there. The Po River is navigable for small craft c.300 mi...
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Magenta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...pop. 23,667), Lombardy, N Italy, near Milan. Manufactures include matches, textiles, and machinery. At the Ticino River nearby, the French and the Sardinians won a decisive victory (1859) over the Austrians, which opened the way to...
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Scipio
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...He tried vainly to intercept Hannibal in Gaul, then rushed back to Italy, where he failed to hold the enemy at the Ticino River. He fought (against his judgment) at Trebbia, where Hannibal won (218) his great victory. The next year he joined...
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Saint Gotthard
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...S central Switzerland, rising to Pizzo Rotondo (10,472 ft/3,192 m high). The Reuss, Rhine, Ticino, and Rhône rivers rise there. It is crossed by the Saint Gotthard Pass, 6,935 ft (2,114 m) high. The pass, first...
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Pavia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pavia , city (1991 pop. 79,962), capital of Pavia prov., Lombardy, N Italy, on the Ticino River near its confluence with the Po. Pavia has long been an agricultural center and is now also an industrial and transportation center...
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