The geography of Italy includes the description of all the physical geographical elements of Italy. Italy, whose territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region, is located in southern Europe and comprises the long, boot-shaped Italian Peninsula crossed by the Apennines, the southern side of Alps, the large plain of the Po Valley and some islands including Sicily and Sardinia. Italy is part of the Northern Hemisphere. Two of the Pelagie Islands are located on the African continent.
The Orco is an Italian river. It originates in the Piedmontese slopes of Gran Paradiso and after about 90 kilometres (56 mi) reaches the Po river near Chivasso, in the Metropolitan City of Turin. Its drainage basin is home to the most important complex of hydropower in Piedmont, consisting of six major dams, many smaller reservoirs and numerous turbines and power stations.
The Mincio is a river in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.
The Tagliamento is a braided river in north-east Italy, flowing from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea at a point between Trieste and Venice.
The Cerusa is a 10.7-kilometre (6.6 mi) stream of Liguria (Italy).
Revello is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest of Turin and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) northwest of Cuneo.
Mezzana Rabattone is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Milan and about 13 kilometres (8 mi) southwest of Pavia.
The Agogna is a 140-kilometre (87 mi) stream which runs through the Italian regions of Piedmont and Lombardy. It is a left side tributary of the river Po.
The Soana is a small 24-kilometre (15 mi) torrent of the Province of Turin, Piedmont in north-west Italy, draining a basin of some 214 square kilometres (83 sq mi). Its headwaters are above Pianprato, in Valprato Soana, where a number of smaller torrents converge. It is the principal tributary of the Orco, which it joins at Pont Canavese.
The Grana del Monferrato is a small Italian river, classified as a torrente, a right tributary of the Po, which runs almost entirely in the Province of Alessandria among the hills of the Basso Monferrato which lie between the Po to the north and the Tanaro to the south. Notwithstanding its modest flow, it is the most significant Po tributary of the Basso Monferrato in terms of its length, the extent of its drainage basin and its discharge.
The Simeto is a 113-kilometre (70 mi) long river in Sicily, southern Italy. At 116 kilometres (72 mi), it is the second longest river on the island after the Salso, but the most important in terms of watershed. It flows through the province of Enna and the province of Catania.
The Enza is a river in northern Italy, a right tributary of the river Po. Its source is at the Alpe di Succiso, in the northern Apennines, at 1,406 metres (4,613 ft). The Enza is the current boundary of the provinces of Parma and Reggio Emilia.
The San Leone is a river in the Province of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Its main stream is 26 kilometres (16 mi) long, and it has a drainage basin of 206 square kilometres (80 sq mi). Its source is in the commune of Santa Elisabetta and it discharges into the Mediterranean Sea in San Leone, a frazione of the city of Agrigento. It has various names along its course: at its source it is called Akragas, further downstream Drago, then Sant'Anna and the final 3 km until its mouth San Leone. Its largest tributary is the San Biagio. In the 19th century it was known as Fiume di Girgenti.
The Germanasca is a 27 km (17 mi) Italian torrent, which runs through the Metropolitan City of Turin. It is a tributary of the Chisone, into which it flows near Perosa Argentina. The valley formed by the river is known as Val Germanasca.
The Sessera is a 35.5 kilometres (22.1 mi) long torrent in the Piedmont region - NW Italy.
The Ostola is a 25 km long stream in the Piedmont region of north-western Italy. It's a left side tributary of the Cervo which flows through the Province of Biella.
The Bisagno is a 25-kilometre (16 mi) river in Liguria, (Italy).
The Polcevera is a 19-kilometre (12 mi) river in Liguria (Italy).
The Po River District Basin Authority —formerly the Po River Basin Authority and abbreviated AdbPo—is a statutory corporation responsible for the maintenance of the Po river and tributaries in Italy's sovereign territory. Established via decree on 18 May 1989, the public body is a basin authority sponsored by the Ministry of Ecological Transition. It was declared a basin authority on 25 October 2016 by the erstwhile Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea Protection.
