Garda

Lake of (the Lacus Benacus of the Romans),-the largest lake of Italy, between Lombardy and Venetia, its N. end extending into the Austrian Tyrol. Situated 226 feet above sea-level, it has an area of 115 square miles, a length of 37 miles, a breadth of 2 to 11 miles, and a maximum depth of 967 feet. Its chief tributaries are the Sarca and Ponale, and it is drained _by the Mincio, a tributary of the Po. The mild climate in the district of the lake, and the beauty of its vicinity, have caused its shores to be lined with beautiful villas; and the district between Garano and Salo, called by the people 5 Riviera, pa es for the warmest: point in Northern Italy.