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The Oglio is a left-side tributary of the Po river in Lombardy, Italy. It is 280 km long. PO may stand for: Pareto optimality Parole Officer Per os, Latin for by mouth or orally Perfect Orange a third wave ska based in Knoxville, TN from 2002-2005 Pilkington Optronics, now Thales Optronics Pissed off (often used as a verb or adjective, as in POed or POed) Platforma... Lombardy (Italian: Lombardia) is a region in northern Italy between the Alps and the Po river valley. ...


The Oglio is formed from the confluence of two mountain streams, the Narcanello from the Presena glacier, and the Frigidolfo, from Lake Ercavallo, in the Stelvio National Park. These two streams are born at the points of the Corno dei Tre Signori, at an altitude of about 2600 m. The streams merge near Pezzo di Ponte di Legno. Aletsch glacier, Switzerland A glacier is a large, long-lasting river of ice that is formed on land and moves in response to gravity. ...


It flows in a southwest direction, through Valcamonica and then Lake Iseo. It joins the Po after traveling a zone of morraine deposits, at Torredoglio, not far from Cesole and Scorzarolo, in the province of Mantua. Its watershed, which corresponds to the region of Valle Camonica, covers 6649 km². It is part of the larger Po-Adige watershed. Paintings from Val Camonica, c. ... Isola di Loreto Map of Lake Iseo Lake Iseo or Lago dIseo or Sebino is the fourth largest lake in Lombardy, Italy. ... Mantua (It. ... Watershed has more than one meaning: Look up watershed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Adige (Italian; Etsch in German) is a river with its source in the region of South Tyrol, Italy. ...


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Oglio himself is inbred to the legendary sire *Nasrullah through Nasram and the Hyperion son, Hornbeam xx (who was out of a *Nasrullah daughter named Thicket.
In addition, Oglio is inbred to Nebelwerfer (and subsequently to Nebelwerfer's sire and dam, Magnat and Newa), who sired Nebelhorn and Kaiseradler xx (sire of Windwurf xx, one of the great racehorses of the 1970s who sired Noble Roi xx, a stallion who boasts one of the highest FN breeding values for warmbloods).
Oglio himself was unraced, but he is the half-brother to stakes-placed Ordensstern, as well as the steeplechase horses, Olsen and Outfit (who, oddly enough, was bred in Ireland).
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