Title: Adige Content: The Adige (; ; ; ; ; ) 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. ==Geography== The Adige river has a length of and a drainage basin with an area of . Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Boara Pisani, a comune in the Padua province near the mouth of the river. Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:300 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:350 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:50 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:25 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:Jan text:Jan. bar:Feb text:Feb. bar:Mar text:Mar. bar:Apr text:Apr. bar:May text:May bar:Jun text:Jun. bar:Jul text:Jul. bar:Aug text:Aug. bar:Sep text:Sep. bar:Oct text:Oct. bar:Nov text:Nov. bar:Dec text:Dec. PlotData= color:barra width:20 align:left bar:Jan from:0 till: 148 bar:Feb from:0 till: 141 bar:Mar from:0 till: 149 bar:Apr from:0 till: 177 bar:May from:0 till: 244 bar:Jun from:0 till: 329 bar:Jul from:0 till: 238 bar:Aug from:0 till: 240 bar:Sep from:0 till: 245 bar:Oct from:0 till: 182 bar:Nov from:0 till: 214 bar:Dec from:0 till: 153 PlotData= bar:Jan at: 148 fontsize:S text: 148 shift:(-8,5) bar:Feb at: 141 fontsize:S text: 141 shift:(-13,5) bar:Mar at: 149 fontsize:S text: 149 shift:(-13,5) bar:Apr at: 177 fontsize:S text: 177 shift:(-13,5) bar:May at: 244 fontsize:S text: 244 shift:(-13,5) bar:Jun at: 329 fontsize:S text: 329 shift:(-13,5) bar:Jul at: 238 fontsize:S text: 238 shift:(-13,5) bar:Aug at: 240 fontsize:S text: 240 shift:(-13,5) bar:Sep at: 245 fontsize:S text: 245 shift:(-13,5) bar:Oct at: 182 fontsize:S text: 182 shift:(-13,5) bar:Nov at: 214 fontsize:S text: 214 shift:(-13,5) bar:Dec at: 153 fontsize:S text: 153 shift:(-13,5) Average monthly discharge (m3/s) at Boara Pisani (1961 - 1970) ===Course=== The Adige starts in the Reschen Pass in the comune of Graun im Vinschgau, South Tyrol province, at an altitude of about 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. 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. == Main tributaries == The main tributaries are:  ==Gallery== File:AdigeinVallagarina.jpg|The Adige in the Vallagarina valley. File:VeronaPonteRomanoDaCastSanPietro.jpg|The Roman bridge over the Adige, Verona. File:Adige Verona 2010.JPG|The Adige in Verona. File:Adigecastagnarobadia.jpg|The Adige near Badia Polesine. File:Adige foce.jpg|Mouth of the Adige. ==Related pages== * List of rivers of Italy * List of rivers of Switzerland