Adige
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Adige (Italian; Etsch in German) is a river with its source in the region of South Tyrol, Italy. At 410 km in length, 220 located in South Tyrol, it is the second longest river in Italy, after the Po River with 652 km.
The river flows out of the artificial Alpine lake Reschensee-Lago di Resia, located at the Resia Pass (1504 m) close to the borders with Austria and Switzerland above the Inn valley. The lake is known for the church tower that marks the site of the former village of Alt-Graun that was abandoned and flooded in 1953 when the dam was finished. Near Glurns, the Rom River from the Swiss Val Müstair joins.
The Adige then runs eastbound through the Vinschgau-Val Venosta to Meran-Merano where it is met by the Passeier-Passirio river from the north. South of Bozen-Bolzano, the Eisack-Isarco joins the river that is now heading south through a valley that always has been one of the major routes through the Alps, leading to and from the Resia Pass and the Brenner Pass, at 1,370 m considered the easiest of the Alpine passes. The Salurner Klause narrows at Salurn-Salorno mark the southern-most part of the German-speaking area.
Near Trento, the Noce, Avisio and Fersina rivers join. The Adige then crosses Trentino and later Veneto, flowing past the city of Verona and the towns of Rovereto and Adria through the Lagarina valley and the north-eastern part of the Po plain into the Adriatic sea. Both the Adige and the Po run parallel in the river delta without properly joining.
As a river in the mountains, it is subject to sudden swellings and overflowings. It is also connected through artificial underground canals to Lake Garda for flood prevention.
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