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The Oglio (Latin Ollius, or Olius) is a left-side tributary
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
 of the Po River
Po River

The Po is a river that flows 652 km eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. It has a drainage area of 71,000 km? and is the longest river in Italy....
 in Lombardy
Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. It is 280 km long.

The Oglio is formed from the confluence of two mountain streams, the Narcanello from the Presena Glacier, and the Frigidolfo, from Lake Ercavallo, in the Stelvio National Park
Stelvio National Park

File:Nationalpark Stelvio Braulioschlucht.jpgFile:Stelvio Nationalpark .JPGParco nazionale dello Stelvio / Nationalpark Stilfser Joch is a National Park in the north-east of Italy, founded in 1935....
. These two streams are born at the points of the Corno dei Tre Signori, at an altitude of about 2600 m. The streams merge near Pezzo di Ponte di Legno.

It flows in a southwest direction, through Valcamonica and then Lake Iseo
Lake Iseo

Lake Iseo or Lago d'Iseo or Sebino is the fourth largest lake in Lombardy, Italy, fed by the Oglio river.It is in the north of the country in the Val Camonica area, near the cities of Brescia and Bergamo....
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The Oglio (Latin Ollius, or Olius) is a left-side tributary
Tributary

A tributary is a stream or river which flows into a Mainstem river. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea. Tributaries and the mainstem river serve to drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater by leading the water out into an ocean or some other large body of water....
 of the Po River
Po River

The Po is a river that flows 652 km eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. It has a drainage area of 71,000 km? and is the longest river in Italy....
 in Lombardy
Lombardy

Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
. It is 280 km long.

The Oglio is formed from the confluence of two mountain streams, the Narcanello from the Presena Glacier, and the Frigidolfo, from Lake Ercavallo, in the Stelvio National Park
Stelvio National Park

File:Nationalpark Stelvio Braulioschlucht.jpgFile:Stelvio Nationalpark .JPGParco nazionale dello Stelvio / Nationalpark Stilfser Joch is a National Park in the north-east of Italy, founded in 1935....
. These two streams are born at the points of the Corno dei Tre Signori, at an altitude of about 2600 m. The streams merge near Pezzo di Ponte di Legno.

It flows in a southwest direction, through Valcamonica and then Lake Iseo
Lake Iseo

Lake Iseo or Lago d'Iseo or Sebino is the fourth largest lake in Lombardy, Italy, fed by the Oglio river.It is in the north of the country in the Val Camonica area, near the cities of Brescia and Bergamo....
. It joins the Po after traveling a zone of morraine deposits, at Torredoglio, not far from Cesole and Scorzarolo, in the province of Mantua
Province of Mantua

The Province of Mantua is a Provinces of Italy in the Lombardy region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Mantua....
. Its drainage basin
Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an extent of land where water from rain or snow melt drains downhill into a body of water, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea or ocean....
, which corresponds to the region of Valle Camonica, covers 6649 kmē. It is part of the larger Po-Adige
Adige

The Adige is a river with its source in the Alpine region of Trentino-Alto Adige/S?dtirol near the Italy border with Austria and Switzerland. At in length, 220 located in the province of Bolzano, it is the second longest river in Italy, after the Po River with ....
 basin.