Adige

Also known as Etsch, Adige River, Atesis

The Adige is the second-longest river in Italy, after the Po. It rises near the Reschen Pass in the Vinschgau in the province of South Tyrol, near the Italian border with Austria and Switzerland, and flows through most of northeastern Italy to the Adriatic Sea.

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The Adige is Italy's second-longest river, flowing from the Alps near the Austrian and Swiss borders through northeastern Italy to the Adriatic Sea. It matters as a major waterway that shapes the geography and drainage of a significant portion of Italy's landscape.

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Key facts

River.name: Adige
River.name_etymology: Latin Athesis, from Celtic *yt-ese, "the water"
River.image: 20110720 Verona 3078.jpg
River.image_caption: The Adige in Verona
River.map: AdigeLocationMap360.png
River.map_caption: Map of the Adige River
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: Italy
River.source1: Reschen Pass
River.source1_location: Graun im Vinschgau, South Tyrol, Italy
River.mouth: Adriatic Sea
River.mouth_location: Italy

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: river
Country: Italy
Located in: Veneto
Continent: Europe
Image: Adige Verona 2010.JPG
Length: 410

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Commons category: Adige
mouth of the watercourse: Adriatic Sea
category for the water basin: Category:Adige basin
topic's main category: Category:Adige
watershed area: 14700
discharge: 266
Commons gallery: Adige
lake on watercourse: Haidersee
basin country: Italy
origin of the watercourse: Reschen Pass
IPA transcription: ˈaːdidʒe
native label: Adige
P8168: Vajnory Airport

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Description
Tributaries
Ecology
Fauna
Gallery
See also
Notes
References
External links

The name of the river is of unknown origin. Nineteenth-century theories, such as a derivation from the Proto-Celtic 'the water', and alleged to be cognate with the River Tees in England (anciently Athesis, Teesa), have never been accepted by Celtic onomasts and are now completely obsolete.

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