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Adige, Fiume (river) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 45 09 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 45.1500 decimal degrees |
| Long: 012 19 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 12.3167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Rises in Tyrolean Alps & flows S & E into Adriatic Sea; is second largest river in Italy & historically was of strategic importance; was site of many battles, most notably in 1799 when French defeated Austrians & during WW I in Austro-Italian campaign. |
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| Adige, Fiume (preferred,C,V)
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| Fiume Adige (C,V)
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| Adige (C,V,Italian-P,U,N)
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| Adige River (C,V)
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| Etsch (C,V)
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| Addiga (H,V)
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| Aedissa (H,V)
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| Atesis (H,V)
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| Athesis (H,V)
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