Polesine

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Polesine is a low-lying, historically flood-prone region in northeastern Italy between the Adige and Po rivers, known for its rural landscape and small towns.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Polesine canonical 10
Polesine region 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
administrativeRegion Veneto
agriculturalProduction cereals
forage crops
maize
sugar beet
vegetables
borderedBy Adige River to the north
Po River to the south
capitalCity Rovigo
climate humid subtropical climate
coastalFeature Po Delta
country Italy
drainageInfrastructure canals
levees
pumping stations
floodEvent 1951 Polesine flood
hasHistoricalEvent 1951 Polesine flood
hasSettlement Adria
Badia Polesine
Lendinara
Occhiobello
Porto Tolle
Porto Viro
Rovigo
Taglio di Po
historicalAffiliation Kingdom of Italy
Republic of Venice
historicallyFloodProne true
historicalNameUsage used to denote the area between Adige and Po rivers
knownFor flood-prone landscape
low-lying terrain
rural landscape
small towns
language Italian
locatedBetween Adige River
linked to: Adige

Po River
locatedIn northeastern Italy
mainProvince Province of Rovigo
partOf Po Valley
Veneto
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
regionalDialect Polesano dialect
Venetian
linked to: Venetian language
riverSystem Adige River basin
Po River basin
terrainType alluvial plain
deltaic plain

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fratta Polesine partOf Polesine
Terraferma of Venice hasPart Polesine
Villa Badoer region Polesine
Badia Polesine locatedInGeographicalRegion Polesine
subject linked to: municipality of Badia Polesine
Stato di Terraferma hasPart Polesine
Villa Oroboni locatedIn Polesine region
linked to: Polesine
Villa Molin Avezzù locatedIn Polesine