Hydrography, Sediment Dispersal, and Recent Historical Development of the Po River Delta, Italy<xref ref-type="fn" rid="ch08fn1"><sup>1</sup></xref>

The delta of the Po River is a sediment mass derived by the interaction between the fresh water and sediment that the river transports from its drainage basin in northern Italy and the marine forces encountered in the upper Adriatic Sea. The characteristic features of deltaic deposition are determined by several back ground conditions: (1) geology, geography, and hydrology of the drainage basin; (2) historical development of the delta; (3) hydrology of the modern distributaries; and (4) hydrographic conditions in the Adriatic Sea. Primary sources have been used to obtain a summary of these conditions. Significant parameters include a...