Adria (river)
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Adria (Greek: Ἀδρίας) is the ancient name of a river mentioned by Hecataeus (ap. Steph. Byz. s. v.), and by Theopompus (ap. Strabo vii. p. 317); it is called by Ptolemy Ἀτριανὸς ποταμός, and must probably be the same called by the Romans Tartarus (Plin. iii. 16. s. 20), and still known in the upper part of its course as the Tartaro. It rises in the hills to the southeast of the Lago di Garda, and flows by the modern Adria, but is known by the name of Canal Bianco in the lower part of its course; it communicates, by canals, with the Po River and the Adige River.
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- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography by William Smith (1857).
