Polcevera

Polcevera
The Polcevera at its confluence with the Secca
Basin
Main source	Monte Leco (torr. Verde)
River mouth	Ligurian Sea in Genoa (Italy) 44°24′26.857″N 8°52′29.59″E / 44.40746028°N 8.8748861°ECoordinates: 44°24′26.857″N 8°52′29.59″E / 44.40746028°N 8.8748861°E 0 m (0 ft)
Watershed area	140 km^2 (54 sq mi)[1]
Countries	Italy
Physiognomy
Length	19 km (12 mi)[1][2]

The Polcevera (in Ligurian Pûçéivia o Ponçéivia) is a 19-kilometre (12 mi) stream of Liguria (Italy).

Geography

The river is named Polvecera from Pontedecimo, at the confluence of torrente Riccò (left hand) and torrente Verde (right hand). Between Pontedecimo and the Ligurian Sea Polcevera's length is 11 km, but considering the Verde its total length is 19 km.

From Pontedecimo the Polcevera heads south and receives at Bolzaneto the waters of torrente Secca, another important left hand tributary. It ends its course in the Ligurian Sea between Sampierdarena and Cornigliano, two quartieri of Genoa.

The 140 km² (54 sq mi) drainage basin of the Polcevera is totally included in the Province of Genova.^[3] Its highest point is Monte Taccone (1.113 m).^[4]

Main tributaries

• Left hand:
  • torrente Riccò,
  • torrente Secca,
  • torrente Geminiano (or Goresina),
  • torrente Torbella.
• Right hand:
  • torrente Verde,
  • torrente Burba,
  • torrente Trasta,
  • torrente Fegino (or Pianego).

History

The Département du Polcevera o Dipartimento della Polcevera of Ligurian Republic took its name at the end of the XVIII century from the stream.^[5]

Photo gallery

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  Pontedecimo: confluence of torrente Verde (left) and Riccò (right).

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  Polcevera Valley.

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  "Viadotto Polcevera", a motorway bridge on the Polcevera.

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  Last part of the Polcevera course; in the background tha Port of Genoa.

References

1. Direzione Pianificazione Generale e di Bacino (2009). PIANO DI BACINO STRALCIO SUL BILANCIO IDRICO - IL BACINO DEL TORRENTE POLCEVERA (PDF). cartogis.provincia.genova.it (in Italian) (Provincia di Genova). Retrieved December 13, 2015.
2. 19 km is the total length of the stream and includes torrente Verde, considered to be the headwaters and primary stream of the Polcevera itself
3. 1:25.000 map of the Istituto Geografico Militare, on-line on www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer
4. Istituto Geografico Centrale - Carta dei sentieri 1:50.000 n. 16 Genova - Varazze -Ovada
5. Gazzetta universale (in Italian). 1797. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

Related articles

• Val Polcevera

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