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The Secchia is an Italian
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....
 river. It runs through Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna is an administrative Regions of Italy of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of 20,124 km? and about 4.3 million inhabitants....
, and is one of the main tributaries on the right-hand side 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....
.

It is 172 km long, and has a 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....
 with a surface of 2,292 kmē, alternating between aridity in summer and fullness in spring and autumn. It originates at Alpe di Succiso
Alpe di Succiso

The Alpe di Succiso is a mountain in the northern Apennines, located in the trait between the Cerreto Pass and Lagastrello Passes, with an altitude of 2,017 m....
 at an elevation of 2,017 m, close to the pass of Cerreto in the Tuscan
Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence.Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy....
-Emilian
Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna is an administrative Regions of Italy of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of 20,124 km? and about 4.3 million inhabitants....
 Apennines
Apennine mountains

The Apennines or Apennine Mountains is a mountain range stretching 1000 km from the north to the south of Italy along its east coast, traversing the entire peninsula, and forming the backbone of the country....
, then it heads north, touching on the territory of Frignano
Frignano

Frignano is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italy region Campania, located about 20 km northwest of Naples and about 15 km southwest of Caserta....
, passing into the territory of the commune of Pavullo nel Frignano
Pavullo nel Frignano

Pavullo nel Frignano is a town in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Modenese Apeninnes. It is home to the medieval Castle of Montecuccolo, birthplace of the 17th century condottiero Raimondo Montecuccoli, and of the pieve of San Giovanni Battista di Renno ....
 and reaching the Po Valley
Po Valley

The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain is a major geographical feature of Italy. It extends some 600 km in an east-west direction, including its Veneto extension not actually related to the Po river; it runs from the Western Alps to the Adriatic Sea....
 close to Sassuolo
Sassuolo

Sassuolo is an industrial town south of Modena and north west of Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
 (in the province of Modena
Province of Modena

The Province of Modena is a Provinces of Italy in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena.It has an area of 2,689 km?, and a total population of 659,925 ....
).






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The Secchia is an Italian
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....
 river. It runs through Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna is an administrative Regions of Italy of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of 20,124 km? and about 4.3 million inhabitants....
, and is one of the main tributaries on the right-hand side 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....
.

It is 172 km long, and has a 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....
 with a surface of 2,292 kmē, alternating between aridity in summer and fullness in spring and autumn. It originates at Alpe di Succiso
Alpe di Succiso

The Alpe di Succiso is a mountain in the northern Apennines, located in the trait between the Cerreto Pass and Lagastrello Passes, with an altitude of 2,017 m....
 at an elevation of 2,017 m, close to the pass of Cerreto in the Tuscan
Tuscany

Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence.Tuscany is known for its landscapes and its artistic legacy....
-Emilian
Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna is an administrative Regions of Italy of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of 20,124 km? and about 4.3 million inhabitants....
 Apennines
Apennine mountains

The Apennines or Apennine Mountains is a mountain range stretching 1000 km from the north to the south of Italy along its east coast, traversing the entire peninsula, and forming the backbone of the country....
, then it heads north, touching on the territory of Frignano
Frignano

Frignano is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italy region Campania, located about 20 km northwest of Naples and about 15 km southwest of Caserta....
, passing into the territory of the commune of Pavullo nel Frignano
Pavullo nel Frignano

Pavullo nel Frignano is a town in the province of Modena, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, in the Modenese Apeninnes. It is home to the medieval Castle of Montecuccolo, birthplace of the 17th century condottiero Raimondo Montecuccoli, and of the pieve of San Giovanni Battista di Renno ....
 and reaching the Po Valley
Po Valley

The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain is a major geographical feature of Italy. It extends some 600 km in an east-west direction, including its Veneto extension not actually related to the Po river; it runs from the Western Alps to the Adriatic Sea....
 close to Sassuolo
Sassuolo

Sassuolo is an industrial town south of Modena and north west of Bologna in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy....
 (in the province of Modena
Province of Modena

The Province of Modena is a Provinces of Italy in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena.It has an area of 2,689 km?, and a total population of 659,925 ....
). Here it touches on the city of Modena
Modena

Modena is a city and a comune on the south side of the Padan Plain, in the Province of Modena in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.An ancient town, it is the seat of an archbishop, but is now best known as "the capital of engines", since the factories of the famous Italian sports car makers Ferrari, De Tomaso, Lamborghini, Pagani and...
 and, with its riverbank protected by embankments, runs into the Po just south of Mantua
Mantua

Mantua is a city in Lombardy, Italy and capital of the Province of Mantua of the same name.Mantua is surrounded on three sides by artificial lakes created during the 12th century....
, close to the mouth of the Mincio
Mincio

Mincio is a river in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.Called the Sarca before entering Lake Garda, it flows from there about 65 km past Mantua into the Po River....
.

Curiosities

North of the Via Aemilia
Via Aemilia

Via Aemilia was a trunk Roman road in the north Italian plain, running from Ariminum , on the Adriatic coast, to Placentia on the river Padus ....
, the course of the river suffered many alterations; it is believed that in Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 times it flowed further west of its current location, in the direction of Cavezzo
Cavezzo

Cavezzo is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 45 km northwest of Bologna and about 20 km northeast of Modena....
, and shifted suddenly its course eastwards, flowing into the Po at Bondeno
Bondeno

Bondeno is a comune in the Province of Ferrara in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 45 km north of Bologna and about 15 km northwest of Ferrara....
. In 1288-1360 it was deviated to its present course, after an agreement made by the cities of Parma
Parma

Parma is a city in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its architecture and the fine countryside around it. It is the home of the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world....
, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Mantua and Ferrara
Ferrara

Ferrara is a city in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy, capital city of the Province of Ferrara.It is situated 50 km north-northeast of Bologna, on the Po di Volano, a branch channel of the main stream of the Po River, located 5 km north....
, which baptized, in honour of this alliance, the city located on the shores of the Secchia as Concordia sulla Secchia
Concordia sulla Secchia

Concordia sulla Secchia is a comune in the Province of Modena in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 50 km northwest of Bologna and about 30 km north of Modena....
.

The river was called Sicla in Latin, and in Italian
Italian language

Italian is a Romance languages spoken by about 63 million people as a first language, primarily in Italy. In Switzerland, Italian is one of four Linguistic geography of Switzerlands....
 it is a masculine noun for the natives of Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia

Reggio Emilia is an affluent city of Northern Italy Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 167,013 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
 (il Secchia) and a feminine one to the natives of Modena (la Secchia).