The Po (
Latin: Padus, , ancient "Eridanus") 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. It has a drainage area of 71,000 km² and is the longest river in Italy. It goes through many important Italian towns, including
Turin (Torino) and (indirectly)
Milan (Milano), in
Lombardy. It is connected to Milan through a net of
channels called
navigli, which
Leonardo da Vinci helped design. Near the end of its course, it creates a wide
delta (with hundreds of small channels and five 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. The Po valley corresponds to the Roman
Cisalpine Gaul, divided in Cispadane Gaul (South of the Po) and Transpadane Gaul (North of the Po).
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