Sessera

Sessera

The Sessera near Borgosesia

Location within Po watershed
Origin Monte Bo eastern slopes (Punta del Manzo)
Mouth Sesia
Basin countries Italy: province of Biella and province of Vercelli
Length 35.461 km[1]
Source elevation around 2000 m
Mouth elevation 323[2]
Avg. discharge (mouth) 7.5 m3/s[3]
Basin area 189 [3]
Left tributaries torrente Dolca, riale del Cavallero, torrente Strona di Postua
Right tributaries torrente Ponzone

The Sessera (Piedmontese: Séssera) is a 35.5 kilometres (22.1 mi) long torrent in the Piedmont region - NW Italy.

Geography

The ancient Babbiera stone bridge across the Sessera.

The Sessera starts in the Biellese Alps on the south-eastern slopes of Monte Bo. It initially flows from NW to SE and then encircles the Cima dell'Asnas and forms the artificial lake of Mischie, where it meets its first important tributary, the torrente Dolca (Dolca creek).

With several meanders the Sessera reaches Coggiola and the inhabited part of its valley. After having received two other relevant tributaries, the Ponzone in Pray from right and the Strona di Postua in Crevacuore from left, it enters into the Valsesia and flows into the river Sesia near Borgosesia.[2]

Floods

The river caused severe destruction in 1968 along the Sessera Valley.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Data base of Autorità di bacino del fiume Po (River Po Authority), on-line at: www.adbpo.it (accessed on January 2013)
  2. 1 2 Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) of Regione Piemonte - 2007
  3. 1 2 Piano di tutela delle acque (AI 16 - Alto Sesia) (PDF). Regione Piemonte - Direzione Pianificazione delle Risorse Idriche. 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  4. ↑ Biellese: la catastrofica alluvione del novembre 1968, Angelo Giovi, article on Meteo giornale (on-line version in .pdf son www.meteogiornale.it)(Retrieved 2013-01-02)

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Coordinates: 45°41′56″N 8°17′52″E / 45.69889°N 8.29778°E / 45.69889; 8.29778

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