The
Adige
(
German
:
Etsch
;
Venetian
:
Adexe
;
Romansh
:
Adisch
;
Ladin
:
Adesc
;
Latin
:
Athesis
;
Ancient Greek
:
?θεσι?
) is an
Italian
river that starts in the
Alps
in the province of
South Tyrol
near the Italian border with
Austria
and
Switzerland
, flowing through most of
Northeast Italy
to the
Adriatic Sea
.
It is the second Italian river by
length
after the
Po
, the third for its
watershed
after the Po and the
Tiber
, and the fourth by its mean yearly
discharge
after the Po, the
Ticino
and the Tiber.
The Adige river has a length of 410 km (254.8 mi) and a
drainage basin
with an area of 12,200 km
2
(4,710 sq mi).
[1]
Its average yearly
discharge
(
volume
of
water
which passes through a section of the river per
unit
of
time
) is 205 m
3
/s (7,200 cu ft/s) at
Boara Pisani
, a
comune
in the
Padua
province near the mouth of the river.
[2]
Average monthly discharge (m
3
/s) at Boara Pisani (1961 - 1970)
[2]
The Adige starts in the
Reschen Pass
in the
comune
of
Graun im Vinschgau
,
South Tyrol
province, at an
altitude
of about 1,550 m (5,085 ft) close to the borders with
Austria
and
Switzerland
. First, it flows to the south until the
confluence
with the Ram river and then turns to the east. At
Merano
, the Adige is joined by the Passirio river and turns to the southeast; in
Bolzano
, it is joined by the Isarco, its main
tributary
. In the confluence with the Tasso river, the Adige flows to the south and, then, from
Badia Polesine
, it turns to the east and flows into the
Adriatic Sea
to the south of the mouth of the
Brenta
river and to the north of the mouth of the Po river.
[1]
The
valley
of the Adige gets several names:
Venosta
valley between the
source
and
Merano
,
Adige
valley between Merano and
Trento
,
Vallagarina
between Trento and
Verona
and, last,
Padana
valley between Verona and the mouth.
The main
tributaries
are:
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