See also:

• ADIGE (Ger. Etsch, anc. Athesis)

ADIGE (Ger. Etsch, anc. Athesis)  , a considerable See also:

• RIVER

river in See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy . The true source of the See also:

• ADIGE (Ger. Etsch, anc. Athesis)

Adige is in some small lakes on the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit of the Reschen Scheideck Pass (4902 ft.), and it is swollen by several other streams, near Glurns, where the roads over the Ofen and the Stelvio Passes fall in . It thence flows See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east to See also:

• MERAN

Meran, and then See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-east to See also:

• BOTZEN, or BOZEN (Ital. Bolzano)

Botzen, where it receives the Fisak (6 ft.), and becomes navigable . It then turns south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west, and, after receiving the Noce (right) and the Avisio (See also:

• LEFT

left), leaves See also:

• TIROL (or TYROL 1)

Tirol, and enters See also:

• LOMBARDY

Lombardy, 13 M. south of See also:

• ROVERETO

Rovereto . After traversing North Italy, in a direction first southerly and theneasterly, it falls into the Adriatic at See also:

• PORTO

Porto Fossone, a few See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles north of the mouth of the Po . The most considerable towns on its See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks (south of Botzen) are See also:

• TRENT
• TRENT (Lat. Tridentum; Ital. Trento; Ger. relent)
• TRENT, COUNCIL OF

Trent and Rovereto, in Tirol, and See also:

• VERONA
• VERONA, CONGRESS OF

Verona and See also:

• LEGNAGO

Legnago, in Italy . It is a very rapid river; and subject to sudden swellings and overflowings, which cause See also:

• GREAT

great damage to the surrounding See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country . It is navigable from the See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart of Tirol to the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea . In Lombardy it has a breadth of 200 yds., and a See also:

• DEPTH

depth of to to 16 ft., but the strength of the current renders its See also:

• NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation very difficult, and lessens its value as a means of transit between See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany and Italy . The Adige has a course of about 220 m., and, after the Po, is the most important river in Italy . In See also:

• ROMAN

Roman times it flowed, in its See also:

• LOWER

lower course, much farther north than at See also:

• PRESENT

present, along the See also:

• BASE

base of the Euganean hills, and entered the sea at Brondolo . In A.D .

587 the river See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke its banks, and the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main stream took its present course, but new streams opened repeatedly to the south, until now the Adige and the Po See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form conjointly one See also:

• DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta . (W . A . B .