 the adige ( ; ; ; ; ; ) is a river with its source in the alpine province of south tyrol near the italian border with austria and switzerland. at  in length, it is the second longest river in italy, after the po river at . == description == the river sources near the reschen pass () close to the borders with austria and switzerland above the inn valley. it flows through the artificial alpine lake reschen. the lake is known for the church tower that marks the site of the former village of alt graun ("old graun"); it was evacuated and flooded in 1953 after the dam was finished. near glurns, the rom river joins from the swiss val mÃ¼stair. the adige runs eastbound through the vinschgau to merano, where it is met by the passer river from the north. the section between meran and bozen is called etschtal, meaning adige valley. south of bolzano, the river is joined by the eisack and turns south through a valley which has always been one of the major routes through the alps, connecting the reschen and the brenner passes, at  considered the easiest of the main alpine passes. the chiusa di salorno narrows at salorno mark the southernmost part of the predominantly german-speaking province of south tyrol. the adige was mentioned in the "lied der deutschen" of 1841 as the southern border of th
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