Ticino (river)
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The Ticino (Italian Ticino, Lombard Tesín, Tisín [teˈzin tiˈzin], in ancient times Ticinus) is a left tributary of the Po River, flowing from Switzerland to northern Italy. It gave the name to the canton of Ticino.
The Ticino rises at the Nufenen Pass southwest of the Gotthard massif and flows in turn through the Bedretto Valley, the Leventina, the Riviera and the Magadino Plain before flowing into Lake Maggiore at Tenero.
On the Italian side, it leaves the lake at Sesto Calende and flows through the Po Valley, where it joins the Po southeast of Pavia.
Its length is 248 km, the catchment area 7,228 square kilometres. The most important tributaries are the Brenno, the Moësa, the Maggia and the Toce.
On the banks of the river, probably near Vigevano, about 25 km northwest of Pavia, the battle on the Ticinus between the Romans and the Carthaginian commander Hannibal took place in 218 BC.
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The Ticino in the upper reaches
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Ticino estuary into Lake Maggiore
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The Ponte Coperto over the Ticino in Pavia
