- Tartaro-Canalbianco
Tartaro-Canalbianco is a river of the
Veneto region of Italy; the upper part of its course is in theprovince of Verona and is known by the name of Tartaro; the lower part of its course is most in theprovince of Rovigo and is known by the name of Canal Bianco or Canalbianco ("White Canal" in both Italian and Venetan). It is the only river whose course runs between theAdige river and the Po river and flows into theAdriatic Sea .It rises in the hills to the southeast of the
Lago di Garda and its former lower course had roughly followed what is currently the lower course of theAdigetto Canal until thebursting of the Cucca banks in589 ; it had been known by theLatin name of Tartarus (Plin. iii. 16. s. 20) along its whole course until then.Since the bursting of the Cucca banks its lower course has roughly followed what was the former lower course of the
Mincio river, and it has been known by the name of Canal Bianco since the canalization of its stream; currently it flows by the modernAdria ; it communicates, by canals, with the Po river and the Adige river.Adria (Greek: polytonic|Ἀδρίας) is the ancient name of a river mentioned by
Hecataeus ("ap." Steph. Byz. "s. v."), and byTheopompus ("ap."Strabo vii. p. 317); it is called byPtolemy polytonic|Ἀτριανὸς ποταμός, and must probably be a former channel of the Po delta passing by Adria; the current course of the Canal Bianco passing by Adria must probably follow the same course.References
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