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Po River

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Italy's longest river, flowing roughly 650 kilometers from the Alps across the fertile Po Valley to the Adriatic Sea through a broad delta. Its plain is the country's most productive agricultural region and among its most densely populated.

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Wikidata: Po River
Wikidata Q643, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Po (river) (Wikipedia)
  • Shaped By: Deposition and Sedimentation, Article body
    In the subsequent Pliocene sedimentary outwash primarily from the Apennines filled the valley and the central Adriatic generally to a depth of 1,000 m (3,300 ft) to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) but from 2,000 m (6,600 ft) to 3,000 m (9,800 ft) off the current mouth of the Po, with pockets as deep as 6,000 m (20,000 ft).
  • Flows Into: Adriatic Sea, Infobox: mouth
    Adriatic Sea
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