Brenta

Brenta (Medoacus Major), a river of North Italy, issuing from a small lake in the Tyrol, and flowing 120 miles southward and eastward through the Venetian territory, till it falls into the Gulf of Venice at the haven of Brondolo. The old bed of the river was made use of as a canal, which forms the chief communication by water between Venice and Padua; while the Brenta is but little used for navigation.