Lombardy is a region in northern
Italy between the
Alps and the
Po river valley.
Its capital is
Milan, the largest city in Northern Italy.
Lombardy is divided physically into three parts from north to south--a mountainous Alpine and pre-Alpine zone; a zone of gently undulating foothills; and a zone of alluvial plains sloping gently to the Po River in the south.
Alpine division reaches a height of 4049 m in the
Bernina Range.
The foothill zone is partly composed of morainic material and contains a number of scenic lakes. The region is drained southward by many rivers, all of them tributaries of the Po, including the Ticino, the
Adda, and the Oglio, with its affluents the Mella and Chiese, and the
Mincio. The regione abounds in lakes and contains all or part of
Lake Garda (Italy's largest lake),
Maggiore, Lugano, Como, Iseo, Idro, and Varese.
