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  Po River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Po (Latin: Padus) is a river that flows 652 kilometers (405 miles) eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso (in the Cottian Alps) to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.
The Po valley corresponds to historical Cisalpine Gaul, divided in Cispadane Gaul (South of the Po) and Transpadane Gaul (North of the Po).
In 2005, water from the Po was found to contain "staggering" amounts of benzoylecgonine, which is excreted by cocaine users in urine.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Po_River   (360 words)

  
 Po River
The Po River flows about 652 kilometers from west to east across northern Italy, from Mount Monviso[?] (in the Cottian Alps) to the Adriatic Sea near Venice.
It is the longest Italian river and goes through many important Italian towns, including Turin and Milan.
Near the end of its course, it creates a wide delta (with hundreds of small channels and 5 main ones called Po di Maestra, Po della Pila, Po delle Tolle, Po di Gnocca and Po di Goro), at the southern part of which is Comacchio[?], an area famous for eels.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/po/Po_river.html   (188 words)

  
 PO - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Po or Poo, a parish of Llanes municipality, in Asturias, Spain
Po' boy (from "Poor Boy"), a type of submarine sandwich from New Orleans
Po River, in the U.S. state of Virginia
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/PO   (308 words)

  
 Po River Basin - UNEP/DEWA~Europe > Publication > Freshwater in Europe
The Po River basin is the largest Italian basin, covering an area of 74 000 km2 (70 000 km2 in Italy, 4 000 km2 in Switzerland and France).
These lakes are directly connected to the main tributaries of the Po River, maintaining a continuous interchange of ground water and surface water between the lakes and rivers.
The principal farming areas in the Po catchment are localised in the Po valley, covering 45% of the basin’s total area, 50% of which is irrigated.
www.grid.unep.ch /product/publication/freshwater_europe/po.php?size=default   (579 words)

  
 Parco del Delta del Po - The Po river
The river Po is the the largest Italian river flowing into the Adriatic Sea and determinating the articulated territorial system of its delta.
Around 1000 A.C. numerous accident phenomena were accumulated that affected the form of the delta: by the land reclamations promoted by the Benedectines of Pomposa, the lowering of the ground caused by the water presence found underground, followed by a entering of salt water in the Padana marshes.
The Po of Goro strengthened and divided to flow with the mouth of Goro and in the south of Abate.
www.parks.it /parco.delta.po.er/EPRDPilpo.html   (555 words)

  
 Italy’s Po River @ National Geographic Magazine
Although the Po is known to every Italian schoolchild as the country’s longest river, at 405 miles (652 kilometers) long and 1,650 feet (503 meters) across at its widest point it’s a mere rivulet compared with the Nile or the Yangtze.
The Po’s waters, fed by 141 tributaries draining a catchment basin of 27,000 square miles (70,000 square kilometers), created the Val Padana, the plain that stretches across northern Italy from the French border on the west to the Adriatic Sea on the east.
They are like the wordless voice of the river itself, a sound that is half water, half wind, or like the tiny ripples that are caused not by the breeze on the surface but by the undulations of the hidden riverbed far beneath.
magma.nationalgeographic.com /ngm/0205/feature6   (892 words)

  
 Education - The Po Delta, Geological seismic and soil Survey, Assessorato Difesa del Suolo e della Costa. Protezione ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Po is the largest river of Italy, with a lenght of 652 km, a n hydrographic basin area of 70,091 square km, and a mean annual discharge estimated at 1,515 cubic meters/sec (over the period 1918-1981).
The Po Delta is defined as the peninsula between the Sacca di Goro (south) and Porto Levante (north).
The lower stretches of the rivers, with their islands, sandbanks and high-water beds, abandoned meandesr and river mouths, and the coastline, with its dunes, lagoons, salt marshes, brackish water bodies, freshwater marshes, and old structures such as ancient littoral belts with their dunes, and palaeo-riverbeds, are all natural geological and geomorphological features of great beauty.
www.regione.emilia-romagna.it /geologia/econv_pia.htm   (1400 words)

  
 Po River articles on Encyclopedia.com
Po PO [Po], Latin Padus, longest river of Italy, c.405 mi (650 km) long, rising in the Cottian Alps of Piedmont, NW Italy.
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.
Trebbia TREBBIA [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.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Po+River   (420 words)

  
 the po river and its delta
One of the main characteristics of the Po is its delta, a landscape in constant transformation due to its typical lobed shape caused by the accumulation of sediments.
The final stretch is typical of water courses found in flat areas: the river is shallow, the water warm and slow-flowing; vegetation is abundant; the river bed is muddy and subject to a wide range of habitats.
Among these are the twaite shad (a species whose sexually mature adults migrate in the spring to reach their zone of reproduction in the middle stretch of the Po and its affluents), and the Adriatic sturgeon, which likewise migrates from the sea to the river in order to complete its reproductive cycle.
www.ildeltadelpo.it /parco_del_delta_del_po_fiume_e.htm   (466 words)

  
 PO VALLEY 1945
In addition, the Po River's southern tributaries emerged from the mountains to cross the valley floors, intersecting at possible routes of advance and serving as potential defensive positions.
The river varied in width from 130 to 500 yards and was often bordered by levees which served as nature fortifications made stronger by field works on both banks.
To the east, British Eighth Army units were within miles of the Po River by nightfall on 23 April, with the British 6th Armored Division at Bondeno, the 8th Indian Infantry Division ten miles farther east, moving through Ferrara, and the British 56th Infantry Division nearing Polesella, another ten miles to the east.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/po/72-33.htm   (8051 words)

  
 Search Results for "Po River"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
...Poteau River (PO-to), 128 mi/206 km long, in Ark. and Okla.; rises in the Ouachita Mts., in Scott co., W Ark.; flows W into Okla., where it is joined by the small...
...A town of northern Italy on the Po River southeast of Milan.
Founded by Romans as Placentia in 218 b.c., it was occupied by Goths, Franks, and Lombards and became...
bartleby.com /cgi-bin/texis/webinator/sitesearch?FILTER=&query=Po+River   (328 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Po, river, Italy, Italy (Italian Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia
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 (480 km) upstream, but seasonal variations in flow hamper navigation.
The Po valley is densely populated and is the most important industrial and agricultural region of Italy.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/PoRiv.html   (240 words)

  
 AW2004 Abstract: Kettner
KETTNER, ALBERT J. Syvitski, James P.M. Discharge and sediment flux of the Po River, Italy, are simulated to determine the impact of climate change and sea-level fluctuations on the stratigraphy of the Northern Adriatic Sea.
The drainage area of the Po River, one of the major alluvial systems of Europe, was 2.6 times larger during the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), 21kyr B.P. due to a 120m lower Adriatic sea-level (figure 1).
Hydrotrend, a numerical climate-driven hydrological model, is used to simulate yearly discharge and sediment flux of the Po River outlet since the LGM.
www.colorado.edu /INSTAAR/AW2004/get_abstr.html?id=15   (893 words)

  
 Parco fluviale del Po tratto torinese - Official pages
The territory of a river crossing big urban centers is far from the idea of a "nature park" reminding of huge woods, white peaks, and wild animals.
Nevertheless the Park was established to protect the area from the wild urbanization, the massive cementation of the banks, the pollution of waters, and the upheaval caused by the mining activity.
The rivers of the Torinese area belong to nature, to suggestive fluvial landscapes, to the sites for the migration of the avifauna.
www.parks.it /parco.po.to/Eindex.html   (131 words)

  
 Po River Cruise
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www.itin.org.uk /cruise/po_river_cruise.html   (796 words)

  
 The Po river from Cremona to Mantua
As the Po winds east we come upon Viadana - the melon capital of Italy and the biggest council district in the Mantua area.
The town is famous for its Parazzi Archaeological Museum, with important Etruscan, Roman and Egyptian remains and pottery and frescoes taken from some of the magnificent villas in the area.
Look north towards Mantua where the rivers meet and discover the delights of the Mincio Regional Park, the beautiful natural backdrop to some of the most interesting villas of the Gonzaga period.
www.italiaplease.com /eng/megazine/giroditalia/2001/11/po   (508 words)

  
 Cities Along the Po River -- Italy
(The River Cloud II being a small vessel can only disgorge about 90 visitors at most.) Venice is also a big city with the hustle and bustle of commerce.
We traveled on the River Cloud II which is a beautiful boat.
However, as of 2005/2006 the company is no longer running Po River cruises and does not expect to offer them in the future.
www.offbeattravel.com /Po.html   (1622 words)

  
 Europe Elegant Cruising: River Cloud II
The Po is Italy’s longest river and along its shores can be found some of the country’s most beautiful cities—Ferrara, Mantua, Verona, Parma—cities that gave birth to the Italian Renaissance.
River Cloud II is proudly presented for it’s first season of sail on Italy’s Po River!
As sister ship to the River Cloud (which sails the Danube, Rhine, Main, and Moselle Rivers) the River Cloud II is made with the same luxurious ‘Orient Express’ feel.
www.travelvantage.com /cru_eur_rivercloud2.html   (1248 words)

  
 ESA - Observing the Earth - Italy’s Po River seen thinning from orbit
ERS-2 imaged a section of the lower reaches of the Po River 50km south of Venice, on 30 June at 9.20pm local time, then revisited the same spot at the same time on 19 July, to reveal some significant changes.
This comes at a time when the demand for electricity is soaring as overheated citizens crank up air conditioning units, and power producers have already had to resort to rolling flouts to maintain the system, along with hundreds of megawatts of imported French electricity.
So the Po appears a clear fl line in both these images, but its course has visibly thinned in the latter image.
www.esa.int /esaSA/SEMZP6YO4HD_earth_0.html   (509 words)

  
 The Po River Cruise
as we cruised the Venice Lagoon to the Po River.
It reaches the Po River by cruising on the Venice Lagoon and by traveling through canals.
I took the video to the left from the top deck of the river ship just as we were leaving Venice for our seven day cruise.
fazzidale.com /Po_River_Cruise.html   (1001 words)

  
 Visitor Info/Tours
Missouri River Outfitters, PO Box 1212, Fort Benton, Montana 59442, 406-622-3295, commercial boat trips on the Upper Missouri Wild and Scenic River.
Gates of the Mountains Boat Tours, PO Box 478, Helena, Montana 59601, 406-458-5241, commercial boat trip through the Gates of the Mountains portion of the Missouri River.
Lewis and Clark Heritage Tours, PO Box 4013, Missoula, Montana 59806; 406-721-3500; guided group, family and individual tours of the Lewis and Clark Trail along the Lolo Trail and Western Montana.
www.nps.gov /lecl/VisitorInfo/Tours.htm   (640 words)

  
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     This paper discusses the major features of the Po River basin and the actions undertaken to mitigate the effects of extreme flood events specially those related to the 1994 disastrous flood event.
  River training works started in the Lower Po during the Roman Age and developed upstream, first as discontinuous systems, then connected to form two uninterrupted belts, which have reduced the overflow frequency but also the carrying capacity of the river channel.
  It is clear that the development of traditional structural protection along the Po River has reached a critical stage; a further expansion of the existing levee system will increase the downstream flood risk.
www.engr.colostate.edu /~jsalas/us-italy/abstract/13.htm   (327 words)

  
 Cocaine residue in Italian water reveals more users than official estimates
The researchers measured the levels of BE in the river Po and in the sewage water of medium-sized Italian cities.
Their results show that the Po, the largest Italian river, with five million people living in its vicinity, steadily carried the equivalent of about 4 kg of cocaine per day.
The researchers' data from medium-sized Italian cities is consistent with the figures found in the Po valley.
www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2005-08/bc-cri080305.php   (567 words)

  
 IUGG 2003 Scientific Program
The analyses of winter thermohaline properties of the North Adriatic were performed at the transect Po-Rovinj in the 1967-2000 interval, based on the data of temperature and salinity collected primarily at two stations: the first positioned near the Po River mouth (station 5) and the second located close to the eastern shore (station 2).
Correlation analyses indicate that bottom water properties in February are driven dominantly by fluxes in September (salinity versus water flux) and in June, October and December/January (temperature versus heat flux) at the station 2, and in February/March (salinity versus water flux and Po River discharge) and October (density versus buoyancy flux) at the station 5.
Correlation with February/March Po River discharges is a consequence of deepening of the waters influenced by Po River, which can be brought to the bottom during the period of vertical instability (February/March), then spreading in the bottom layer and reaching eastern side after a month (April).
www.olympus.net /IAPSO/abstracts03/JSP09/02/015190-2.html   (367 words)

  
 Fredericksburg.com - Trust to purchase Po River battle site
The trust's new piece is across the river from the park, at a bend in the Po where the Blockhouse Bridge once stood.
Fighting along the Po River was just one part of the larger battle at Spotsylvania Court House, which lasted two weeks.
The trust said it doesn't plan to buy a lot of land south of the Po River, but these sites were two identified by the group as important.
fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2002/082002/08242002/708800   (617 words)

  
 Splendors of Italy Po River, italy river cruises
This delightful cruise, from the French Alps to the Adriatic Sea, reveals the best of the cities along the Po River, through landscapes that have witnessed hundreds of years of history.
Late this afternoon, you will cruise down the Po River to overnight in the town of Taglio di Po.
Due to water levels of the Po River, there will not be any 2006 river cruises.
www.rivercruisetours.com /europe/ItalyPoriver/SplendorsofItaly.htm   (831 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Europe | Italian river 'full of cocaine'
The River Po was found to be carrying the equivalent of nearly 4kg (8.8lb) of cocaine daily.
The team, led by Dr Ettore Zuccato from the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Milan, said they were taken aback by their findings, whose economic impact they described as "staggering".
They said the figure of 4kg of cocaine equivalent carried by the Po daily indicated about 40,000 doses of cocaine per day for the region.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/4746787.stm   (310 words)

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