Strona di Postua
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| Strona di Postua | |
|---|---|
 The Strona between Guardabosone and Crevacuore | |
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy: province of Biella and province of Vercelli |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Monte Talamone |
| • elevation | around 1,800 m (5,900 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Sessera |
• coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
• elevation | 374 m (1,227 ft)[1] |
| Length | 14.1 km (8.8 mi)[2] |
| Basin size | 37.8 km2 (14.6 sq mi)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | (mouth) 1.67 m3/s (59 cu ft/s)[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Sessera→ Sesia→ Po→ Adriatic Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | rio Brugarola |
| • right | rio Cicognana, rio Canale di Strona, rio Forcioula |
The Strona di Postua (Piedmontese: Stron-a ëd Pòstua) is a 14.1 kilometres (8.8 mi) long torrent in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The name Strona comes from storn or strom, celtic roots for "flowing waters" or "river".[4] Postua is a comune located in the valley formed by the Strona.
Geography
[edit | edit source]The Strona di Postua starts in the Biellese Alps with two branches which meet at Alpe Aigra. It then flows from NW to SE reaching the village of Roncole and the inhabited part of its valley. After flanking Postua and Guardabosone it enters into the Valsessera and flows into the river Sessera near Crevacuore.[1]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) of Regione Piemonte - 2007
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- ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Comuni della Provincia di Biella, page 140; AA.VV, Nerosubianco edizioni, Cuneo 2005
Other projects
[edit | edit source]- Error creating thumbnail: File missing Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 62: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
