Po River
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- proper noun
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río Po
- During the showing at the Walter Reade Theater of his early documentary about workers on the Po River, Gente del Po, a tear appears in the screen.
- Po River basin
Examples
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At the summit, my guide, Stanford University archaeologist Patrick Hunt, stands on a rocky ledge and sweeps his arm over a view of the Po River Valley.
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The largest estimated impacts were in the municipalities along the basin of the Po River and in the largest cities, particularly Milan and Brescia.
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A fun fact about Ferrara is that it became a major city thanks to the Po River.
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The pass stands directly over the plains of the Po River, and its vista of northern Italy would impress even the most exhausted.
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Noelting eventually made it to the Po River and escaped into the mountains, only to be captured by American forces about a week after the battle.
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The first time I went to New Orleans, I remember seeing those swamps from the plane, seeing this river, the Mississippi, that passed there, the trees were surely different from those in Emilia, but to me, they looked like the poplar groves along the Po River.
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A 30-foot notch in a row of narrow basalt needles, the spot offers a long, sweeping panorama of the Po River Valley, with clouds floating below us.
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The existence of a relevant impact of PM10 over the region is strongly supported by the fact that for most municipalities, the probability of a non-null impact was > 90%. Restricting attention to the basin of the Po River, for most municipalities this probability was > 95%.
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The basin of the Po River was characterized by an overall balance between the two estimated flows, except for the cities of Milan, Brescia, Pavia, Cremona, and Mantova, where the ratio was large and positive, indicating that these cities tended to "export" impact elsewhere in the region rather than to "import" it.
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Tourists often take boat rides on the Po River to admire the beautiful landscapes of northern Italy.
Synonyms
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A large river in northern Italy that flows into the Adriatic Sea
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Po River may come from the old word 'Padus' that Romans used for this long river. Over time people shortened 'Padus' to the short name Po, so the big river in northern Italy is still called that today.