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The Mincio (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmintʃo]; Latin: Mincius, Ancient Greek: Minchios, Μίγχιος, Lombard: Mens, Venetian: Menzo) is a river in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.

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Mincio/Sarca
The Mincio at Peschiera del Garda.
Location
Country	Italy
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Pinzolo, Italy (Sarca), Peschiera del Garda, Italy (Mincio)
• elevation	770 m (2,530 ft) (Sarca); 65 m (213 ft) (Mincio)
Mouth	Po
• coordinates	45°04′16″N 10°58′55″E
Length	194 km (121 mi) (total); 78 km (48 mi) (Sarca) 41 km (25 mi) (Lake Garda); 75 km (47 mi) (Mincio)
Basin size	2,859 km2 (1,104 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	60 m3/s (2,100 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Po→ Adriatic Sea

The river is the main outlet of Lake Garda. It is a part of the Sarca-Mincio river system which also includes the river Sarca and the Lake Garda. The river starts from the south-eastern tip of the lake at the town of Peschiera del Garda and then flows from there for about 65 kilometres (40 mi) past Mantua and into the river Po. From Lake Garda until it reaches Pozzolo, it forms the boundary between Veneto and Lombardy.

According to the Greco-Roman mythology, the River Mincius was the child of the Lake Benacus.[1]

In the Etruscan period, the Mincio probably joined with the river Tartaro and flowed into the sea Adriatic Sea into the pit Filistina,[2] in Roman Republic it was made to flow into the Po with three branches from Mantua by Quintus Curius Hostilius, subsequently reunited in a single embanked in 1198 on a project by Alberto Pitentino and regulated its course with several dams (Ponte dei Mulini, Mantua) and the Governolo) dam to make it navigable,[3][4] to prevent Mantua from being flooded by the flooding of the Po and to improve air quality.[5][6]

At Mantua the Mincio was widened in the late 12th century, forming a series of three (originally four) lakes that skirt the edges of the old city. The original settlement here, dating from about 2000 BC, was on an island in the Mincio.

The former lower part of the course of the Mincio flowed into the Adriatic Sea near Adria until the breach at Cucca in 589, roughly following the course of the river that is currently known by the name of Canal Bianco; it had been a waterway from the sea to the lake until then.

In 452 CE, Attila the Hun received an embassy sent by the Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III near this river. The Roman delegation was led by Pope Leo I. After this meeting, Attila withdrew from Italy.[7]

The last act of Verdi's opera Rigoletto is set just outside Mantua, at an inn on the banks of the Mincio.

References

• (in Italian) Rubis Zemella: La mia Polesella perduta, printed by his own (1992) and reprinted by A.V.I.S. di Polesella (1998).

External links

• "Mincio" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.

На других языках

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[de] Mincio

Der Mincio ist ein Fluss in Oberitalien. Er hat drei Quellflüsse, die Sarca di Genova und die Sarca di Nambrone entspringen in der Presanellagruppe in der Provinz Trient und vereinigen sich bei Pinzolo mit der Sarca di Campiglio von Madonna di Campiglio (Valle di Campiglio) zum Fiume Sarca, kurz Sarca (Val Rendena) als Teil der Judikarien. Bei Tione di Trento wendet sich die Sarca nach Osten und durchfließt zunächst die Gola di Scaletta, passiert anschließend Ponte Arche und durchfließt dann den Canyon del Limarò, in den die Sarca sich bis zu mehrere hundert Meter tief eingegraben hat. Bei Sarche wendet sich die Sarca wieder nach Süden in das Valle dei Laghi und mündet schließlich bei Torbole in den Gardasee. Den Gardasee verlässt der nun schiffbare Fluss unter dem Namen Mincio, durchfließt von Peschiera del Garda bis Goito Hügelland und mündet, nachdem er die Wasserflächen von Mantua gebildet hat, bei Governolo links in den Po. Seine Länge beträgt als Sarca, das heißt von der Quelle bis zur Mündung in den Gardasee, 78 km sowie als Mincio, das heißt vom Ausfluss aus dem Gardasee bei Peschiera del Garda bis nach Governolo, 75 km.

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- [en] Mincio

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[es] Río Mincio

El río Mincio es un río del norte de Italia, un afluente de la margen izquierda del río Po. El río forma parte del sistema fluvial río Sarca-lago de Garda-Mincio, que tiene una longitud de 194 km (el Sarca, 78 km; el lago de Garda, 41 km; y el propio Mincio, 75 km).

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[it] Mincio

Il Mincio (Menzo in veneto, Mens in lombardo) è un fiume dell'Italia settentrionale, unico emissario del lago di Garda e ultimo affluente di sinistra del Po. Con l'immissario Sarca e lo stesso lago costituisce un unico sistema fluviale lungo 203 km (Sarca-Mincio).

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[ru] Минчо

Минчо (итал. Mincio[1]) — река на севере Италии, левый приток реки По[2]. Длина реки 75 км[1] (с рекой Сарка[it] — 203 км[1]). Площадь общего бассейна рек Минчо и Сарка — около 3 000 км²[3]. Средний расход воды — 60 м³/с[1].

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