The Enza (; egl, Èinsa) is a river in northern

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

, a right tributary of the river Po. Its source is at the

Alpe di Succiso The Alpe di Succiso () is a mountain in the northern Apennines, located in the trait between the Cerreto and Lagastrello Passes, with an altitude of 2,017 m. It has a pyramidal appearance, carved by several gorges. The rivers Secchia a ...

, in the northern

Apennines The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with plural meaning;''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which wou ...

(Tuscan-Emilian Apennines), at . The Enza is the current boundary of the provinces of Parma and

Reggio Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has abo ...

. After the source, at above sea level, it forms the Paduli or Lagastrello artificial lake, and flows for in the aforementioned provinces. In its course in the

Pianura Padana The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain ( it, Pianura Padana , or ''Val Padana'') is a major geographical feature of Northern Italy. It extends approximately in an east-west direction, with an area of including its Venetic ex ...

it becomes wider and flows into the Po near

Brescello Brescello (; in the local dialect, in the Reggio Emilia dialect) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Emilia in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about northwest of Reggio Emilia. ...

. In ancient times it was known by its

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through ...

name Incia.

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Rivers of Italy Rivers of Emilia-Romagna Rivers of the Province of Reggio Emilia Rivers of the Province of Parma {{Italy-river-stub