意大利低地引擎 · ITALY’S LOWLAND ENGINE
The Plain Between Mountains and Sea — Italy · Po Valley
波河是意大利最长河流，约 652 公里，把阿尔卑斯来水汇入北部最宽阔的平原。波河平原在阿尔卑斯、亚平宁与亚得里亚海之间，利于稻田、工业与城镇密集。
波河平原像一个带出口的盆。融雪、雾气、运河与城市挤在同一片低地里，让意大利北部不像半岛，反而像一座河流平原。
The Po, Italy’s longest river at about 652 km, gathers Alpine water into the country’s broadest northern plain. The valley favored rice fields, industry and dense towns between the Alps, Apennines and Adriatic.
The Po Valley is a bowl with a drain. Snowmelt, fog, canals and cities gather in the same low space, making northern Italy feel less like peninsula and more like river plain.