Pesio
The river near the Certosa di Pesio
Location within southern Piedmont
Location
CountryItaly
RegionPiedmont
ProvinceProvince of Cuneo
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationN side of the Marguareis (Ligurian Alps)
MouthTanaro
 • coordinates
44°28′12″N 7°53′29″E / 44.4701°N 7.8913°E / 44.4701; 7.8913
Length48.8-kilometre (30.3 mi)[1]
Basin size401.9 km2 (155.2 sq mi) [1]
Discharge 
 • locationnear Carrù
 • average7.83[2]
Basin features
ProgressionTanaro→ Po→ Adriatic Sea
Tributaries 
 • leftBrobbio
 • rightPogliole, Branzola

The Pesio is a 48.8-kilometre (30.3 mi)[1] long river in northwestern Italy (Piedmont).

Geography

Pis del Pesio, a waterfall in the upper part of the Pesio watershed

The river is a tributary to the river Tanaro, which is a tributary of the river Po. Its source is on the Northern slopes of the Marguareis, the highest summit of the Ligurian Alps. It flows northwards digging the Valle Pesio, which ends in the Po plain near Chiusa di Pesio.[3] The Pesio then follows its course through the plain heading North up to Morozzo, where it gets from the left its main tributary, the Brobbio, and turns NE. Then, with some meander, reaches the Tanaro a couple of km South of Carrù.[4]

Main tributaries

The Pesio in the plain (Morozzo)
  • Left side:
    • torrente Brobbio, which also collects the waters of the Josina.
  • Right side:
    • torrente Pogliole,
    • torrente Branzola.[5]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 AA.VV. (2004-07-01). "Elaborato I.c/5". Piano di Tutela delle Acque - Revisione del 1º luglio 2004; Caratterizzazione bacini idrografici (PDF) (in Italian). Regione Piemonte. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  2. ↑ AA.VV. (2004-07-01). "Elaborato I.c/7". Piano di Tutela delle Acque - Revisione del 1º luglio 2004; Caratterizzazione bacini Idrografici (PDF) (in Italian). Regione Piemonte. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  3. ↑ "Chiusa di Pèsio" (in Italian). De Agostini Editore S.p.A. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  4. ↑ "Acque Secondarie ciprinicole" (in Italian). Sezione Provinciale FIPSAS di Cuneo. Retrieved 2020-02-26.
  5. ↑ Casalis, Goffredo (1842). "Mondovì". Dizionario geografico storico-statistico-commerciale degli Stati di S. M. il Re di Sardegna (in Italian). Vol. 1–28. G. Maspero librajo e Cassone e Marzorati tipografi. p. 604. Retrieved 2020-02-26.

See also

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