Strona di Mosso

Strona di Mosso

The Strona di Mosso in Cossato

Location within central Piedmont (NW Italy)
Country Italy: province of Biella
Basin
Main source Bocchetto di Sessera southern slopes
around 1,300 m (4,300 ft)
River mouth Cervo
207.0 m (679.1 ft)[1]
Basin size 102 km2 (39 sq mi)[2]
Physical characteristics
Length 23 km (14 mi)[2]
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    (mouth) 2.1 m3/s (74 cu ft/s)[2]
Features
Tributaries
  • Left:
    rio Berguso, rio Overa, rio Poala
  • Right:
    rio Soccasca, torrente Tamarone, torrente Quargnasca

The Strona di Mosso (Piedmontese: Stron-a ëd Mòss) is a 23-kilometre (14 mi) long creek in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy.

Etymology

The name Strona should come from storn or strom, celtic roots for flowing waters or river.[3]

Geography

The river starts in the Biellese Alps near Bocchetto Sessera, a mountain pass connecting its valley with Val Sessera. Flowing initially from northwest to southeast it reaches Valle Mosso, where it encircles Monte Rovella and turns southwards. In Cossato it gets out of the Alps and enters into the Po plain. After receiving from the right its main tributary, the Quargnasca, it flows into the river Cervo.[1]

Floods

Memorial tablet to the 1968 flood victims in Strona

The river caused severe destruction and 58 casualties in 1968 along the Strona Valley.

References

  1. 1 2 Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) of Regione Piemonte - 2007
  2. 1 2 3 Direzione Pianificazione delle Risorse Idriche (2007). Piano di tutela delle acque (AI 18 - Cervo) (PDF). Regione Piemonte. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
  3. ↑ Comuni della Provincia di Biella, page 140; AA.VV, Nerosubianco edizioni, Cuneo 2005

See also

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Coordinates: 45°32′18″N 8°12′32″E / 45.53833°N 8.20889°E / 45.53833; 8.20889

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