The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain (Italian: Pianura Padana [pjaˈnuːra paˈdaːna] or Val Padana) is a major geographical feature of northern Italy. It extends approximately 650 km (400 mi) in an east-west direction, with an area of 46,000 km 2 (18,000 square miles) including its Venetic extension not actually related to ...

The Po (/ poʊ / POH, Italian: [ˈpɔ]) [3] is the longest river in Italy. It flows eastward across northern Italy, starting from the Cottian Alps. The river's length is either 652 km (405 mi) or 682 km (424 mi), if the Maira, a right bank tributary, is included.

…in Italy, that of the Po valley, occupies more than 17,000 of the 27,000 square miles (44,000 of the 77,000 square km) of Italian plain land. It ranges in altitude from sea level up to 1,800 feet (550 metres), the greater part below 330 feet (100 metres). Through it runs… Read More

Po River, longest river in Italy, rising in the Monte Viso group of the Cottian Alps on Italy’s western frontier and emptying into the Adriatic Sea in the east after a course of 405 miles (652 km). Its drainage basin covers 27,062 square miles (70,091 square km), …

The Po Valley is Europe's largest rice-growing region, requiring significant amounts of water to be diverted from the river and its tributaries, but even larger amounts of water are diverted for industrial purposes, for example, for the large automotive industry in Turin.

GEOGRAPHY OF THE PO VALLEY. The Po Valley is often regarded as a syncline, or dip in the crust due to compression at the edges. Regardless of whether this concept accurately describes its geology, the valley is manifestly a sediment-filled trough, or virtual syncline, continuous with the deeps of the Adriatic Sea.

Po river, with its 652 km, is the longest in Italy. Hence, it flows through four regions: Piedmont, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, and Veneto. The river runs amid the banks from its source, the Alps that border France, to the Adriatic sea with its delta.

The Po River begins high in the Alps of northern Italy, winding its way through picturesque landscapes and bustling cities before emptying into the Adriatic Sea. Its journey is a reflection of the history and culture of the region, connecting people and communities along its banks.

The Po Valley for a time hosted the capital of the Western Roman Empire, in Mediolanum from 286 to 403, and then in Ravenna till the end. It was attacked in the 3rd century by Germanic tribes bursting out from the Alps and sacked two centuries later by Attila the Hun, till its final conquest first by Odoacer, then at the hands of the Ostrogoths ...

The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain is a major geographical feature of northern Italy. It extends approximately 650 km in an east-west direction, with an area of 46,000 km2 including its Venetic extension not actually related to the Po basin; it runs from the Western Alps to the Adriatic Sea.