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The Trebbia (stressed Trèbbia; ) is a river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 of Liguria
Liguria

Liguria is a coastal Regions of Italy of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. Its capital is Genoa. It is a popular region with tourists for its beautiful beaches, picturesque little towns, and food....
 and Emilia Romagna in northern 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 one of the four main right-bank tributaries of the river Po
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....
, the other three being the Tanaro
Tanaro River

The Tanaro , known as Tanarus in ancient times, is a 276 Kilometre-long river in north-western Italy. It rises in the Ligurian Alps, close to the border with France and is the most significant right-side tributary to the Po River in terms of length, size of drainage basin and Discharge ....
, the Secchia
Secchia

The Secchia is an Italy river. It runs through Emilia-Romagna, and is one of the main tributaries on the right-hand side of the Po River.It is 172 km long, and has a drainage basin with a surface of 2,292 km?, alternating between aridity in summer and fullness in spring and autumn....
 and the Panaro
Panaro

The Panaro is an Italy river and the final right-hand tributary to the Po river, discounting the Cavo Napoleonico canal. It runs right across Emilia-Romagna in a north-easterly direction: from its source close to the Apennine Water divide, where Emilia-Romagna meets Tuscany, to its outlet where the Po marks the region?s boundary with Veneto....
. The 1,150 km² (444 square miles) drainage basin is divided between Emilia Romagna (770 km², 300 mi²), Liguria (349 km², 135 mi²) and 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....
 (31 km², 12 mi²). Its principal tributaries are the torrent
Stream

A stream is a body of water less than 60 feet wide with a current , confined within a stream bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as brook, beck, Burn , creek, crick, kill, lick , rill, river syke, bayou, rivu...
s Aveto and Perino (from the right) and the torrent Boreca (from the left).

Its source is in the Ligurian Apennines on the hill called Monte Prelà, to the south of Monte Antola in the comune
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
 of Torriglia
Torriglia

Torriglia is a comune in the Province of Genoa in the Italy region Liguria, located in the upper Trebbia valley, about 20 km northeast of Genoa....
, Province of Genoa
Province of Genoa

The Province of Genoa is a Provinces of Italy in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Genoa.It has an area of 1,838 km?, and a total population of 890,863 ....
.






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The Trebbia (stressed Trèbbia; ) is a river
River

A river is a natural stream of water, usually freshwater, flowing toward an ocean, a lake, or another stream. In some cases a river flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water....
 of Liguria
Liguria

Liguria is a coastal Regions of Italy of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. Its capital is Genoa. It is a popular region with tourists for its beautiful beaches, picturesque little towns, and food....
 and Emilia Romagna in northern 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 one of the four main right-bank tributaries of the river Po
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....
, the other three being the Tanaro
Tanaro River

The Tanaro , known as Tanarus in ancient times, is a 276 Kilometre-long river in north-western Italy. It rises in the Ligurian Alps, close to the border with France and is the most significant right-side tributary to the Po River in terms of length, size of drainage basin and Discharge ....
, the Secchia
Secchia

The Secchia is an Italy river. It runs through Emilia-Romagna, and is one of the main tributaries on the right-hand side of the Po River.It is 172 km long, and has a drainage basin with a surface of 2,292 km?, alternating between aridity in summer and fullness in spring and autumn....
 and the Panaro
Panaro

The Panaro is an Italy river and the final right-hand tributary to the Po river, discounting the Cavo Napoleonico canal. It runs right across Emilia-Romagna in a north-easterly direction: from its source close to the Apennine Water divide, where Emilia-Romagna meets Tuscany, to its outlet where the Po marks the region?s boundary with Veneto....
. The 1,150 km² (444 square miles) drainage basin is divided between Emilia Romagna (770 km², 300 mi²), Liguria (349 km², 135 mi²) and 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....
 (31 km², 12 mi²). Its principal tributaries are the torrent
Stream

A stream is a body of water less than 60 feet wide with a current , confined within a stream bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as brook, beck, Burn , creek, crick, kill, lick , rill, river syke, bayou, rivu...
s Aveto and Perino (from the right) and the torrent Boreca (from the left).

Its source is in the Ligurian Apennines on the hill called Monte Prelà, to the south of Monte Antola in the comune
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
 of Torriglia
Torriglia

Torriglia is a comune in the Province of Genoa in the Italy region Liguria, located in the upper Trebbia valley, about 20 km northeast of Genoa....
, Province of Genoa
Province of Genoa

The Province of Genoa is a Provinces of Italy in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Genoa.It has an area of 1,838 km?, and a total population of 890,863 ....
. From there it flows towards north-east for 105 km (65 miles), until it reaches the Po just to the west of Piacenza
Piacenza

Piacenza is a city in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Piacenza....
.

Bobbio Bridge
The main centres through which it flows before Piacenza are Ottone
Ottone (PC)

Ottone is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 160 km west of Bologna and about 60 km southwest of Piacenza, in the upper Val Trebbia on the Ligurian Apennine....
, Marsaglia
Marsaglia

Marsaglia is a comune in the Province of Cuneo in the Italy region Piedmont, located about 70 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km east of Cuneo....
 (in the comune of Corte Brugnatella
Corte Brugnatella

Corte Brugnatella is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 160 km west of Bologna and about 45 km southwest of Piacenza....
), Bobbio
Bobbio

Bobbio is a small town and Comune in the province of Piacenza in Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is located in the Trebbia River valley southwest of the town Piacenza....
, Perino (a frazione
Frazione

A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere....
 of Coli
Coli

Coli is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 160 km west of Bologna and about 40 km southwest of Piacenza....
), Travo
Travo

Travo is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 150 km northwest of Bologna and about 25 km southwest of Piacenza....
 and Rivergaro
Rivergaro

Rivergaro is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 150 km northwest of Bologna and about 20 km southwest of Piacenza....
.

Between its source and Bobbio the river flows through a valley (the Val Trebbia) of great natural beauty, which attracts tourists for walking as well as for aquatic sports. The river valley then widens before merging with the Pianura Padana beyond Rivergaro.

Along its eastern banks in 218 BC was fought one of the battles of the Second Punic War
Second Punic War

The Second Punic War lasted from 218 BC to 201 BC and involved combatants in the western and eastern Mediterranean. It was the second of three major wars between Carthage and the Roman Republic....
: the Battle of Trebbia, where Hannibal defeated a Roman
Roman Republic

The Roman Republic was the phase of the Ancient Rome characterized by a republican form of government; a period which began with the overthrow of the Roman Roman Kingdom, c....
 consular army.

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