Strona_di_Mosso
Strona di Mosso
River in Italy: province of Biella
The Strona di Mosso (Piedmontese: Stron-a ëd Mòss) is a 23-kilometre (14 mi) long creek in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy.
| Strona di Mosso | |
|---|---|
The Strona di Mosso in Cossato | |
Location within central Piedmont (NW Italy) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy: province of Biella |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Bocchetto di Sessera southern slopes |
| • elevation | around 1,300 m (4,300 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Cervo |
• coordinates | 45°32′18″N 8°12′32″E |
• elevation | 207.0 m (679.1 ft)[1] |
| Length | 23 km (14 mi)[2] |
| Basin size | 102 km2 (39 sq mi)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | (mouth) 2.1 m3/s (74 cu ft/s)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Cervo→ Sesia→ Po→ Adriatic Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | rio Berguso, rio Overa, rio Poala |
| • right | rio Soccasca, torrente Tamarone, torrente Quargnasca |
The name Strona should come from storn or strom, celtic roots for flowing waters or river.[3]
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]
The river caused severe destruction and 58 casualties in 1968 along the Strona Valley.
- Direzione Pianificazione delle Risorse Idriche (2007). Piano di tutela delle acque (AI 18 - Cervo) (PDF). Regione Piemonte. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
- Comuni della Provincia di Biella, page 140; AA.VV, Nerosubianco edizioni, Cuneo 2005
