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{{Short description|Tributary of the Po in Italy}} {{Redirect|Addua|the moth genus formerly known as Addua|Dysschema}} {{Redirect|Adda River}} {{Infobox river | name = Adda | image = Adda7.JPG | image_caption = The Adda in [[Imbersago]] | image_alt = The Adda in Imbersago | source1 = [[Val Alpisella]]<ref name="OpenStreetMap">{{cite web |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/note/1882593 |title=Cartello sorgente dell'adda 2122 m |language=it |accessdate=2023-10-27}}</ref> | source1_location = east of [[Livigno]], [[Italy]] | source1_coordinates = {{coord|46|32|50.64|N|10|14|21.12|E|region:IT_type:river|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|2122|m|ft|abbr=on}} | mouth = [[Po (river)|Po]] | mouth_location = near [[Castelnuovo Bocca d'Adda]]<ref name="Treccani">{{cite encyclopedia |language=it |encyclopedia=Enciclopedia Italiana |title=Adda |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/adda |accessdate=2023-10-27}}</ref> | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|45|06|38|N|9|53|12|E|region:IT-CR_type:river_source:dewiki|display=title,inline}} | progression = {{RPo}} | subdivision_type1 = Countries | subdivision_name1 = [[Italy]], [[Switzerland]] | length = {{convert|313|km|mi|abbr=on}} | discharge1_avg = {{convert|187|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}} | basin_size = {{convert|7979|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} | map = Adda, rivière.png | map_size = | map_alt = Location of the Adda River | map_caption = Location of the Adda | tributaries_left = [[Brembo (river)|Brembo]], [[Serio (river)|Serio]] | tributaries_right = [[Mallero]], [[Mera (Lake Como)|Mera]] }} The '''Adda''' (Latin: *Abdua*, or *Addua*; Lombard: *Ada*, or *Adda*) is a river in North [[Italy]], a tributary of the [[Po River|Po]]. It rises in the [[Alps]] near the border with [[Switzerland]] and flows through [[Lake Como]]. The Adda joins the Po near [[Castelnuovo Bocca d'Adda]], a few kilometers upstream of [[Cremona]].<ref name="Treccani"/> The river's length is {{convert|313|km|mi}}. The highest point of the [[drainage basin]] is the summit of [[La Spedla]] (a subpeak of [[Piz Bernina]]), at {{convert|4020|m|ft}}. Towns along the river include [[Bormio]], [[Tirano]], [[Sondrio]], [[Bellagio, Lombardy|Bellagio]] and [[Lecco]] (both on Lake Como), [[Brivio]] and [[Lodi, Lombardy|Lodi]]. The [[Poschiavino]], a tributary, originates in [[Switzerland]] and flows through the town of [[Poschiavo]].
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