[babble-on]

It’s at the mouth of a river, which is not flowing due to prolonged drought.

[Paal Gulli]

"It’s at the mouth of a river, which is not flowing due to prolonged drought.

Bullsh*t. Venice is in a salt water lagoon that's open to the sea. You're arguing that if the Mississippi river stopped flowing, you'd be able to walk from Cuba to Key West because the Gulf of Mexico would dry up.

[Paal Gulli]

This is the mighty Fiume Marzenego, which is all of about 40 feet wide as it roars through the port city of Mestre before dumping into the Venetian lagoon.

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Not exactly the Colorado, is it?

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marzenego