Cenischia
Cenischia | |
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Location | |
Country | France: department of Savoie Italy: Metropolitan City of Turin |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Col du Mont Cenis |
• elevation | c. 3,171 m (10,404 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Dora Riparia, near Susa |
• coordinates | 45°8′10″N 7°3′29″E / 45.13611°N 7.05806°ECoordinates: 45°8′10″N 7°3′29″E / 45.13611°N 7.05806°E |
Length | 24.8 km (15.4 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 147.4 km2 (56.9 sq mi)[2] |
Discharge | |
• average | 3.02 m3/s (107 cu ft/s)[2] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Dora Riparia→ Po→ Adriatic Sea |
The Cenischia (Italian pronunciation: [tʃeniskja]; French: Cenise, French pronunciation: [səniz])[3] is a mountain torrent which straddles the south-west French department of Savoie and the north-west Italian Metropolitan City of Turin, in Piedmont. Part of the Po basin, it is a left tributary of the Dora Riparia and forms the valley called the which marks the boundary between the Graian Alps to the north and the Cottian Alps to the south.
The sources are in France near the Col du Mont Cenis (Italian: Colle del Moncenisio). Before crossing into Italy, the river is dammed to form the which receives the water of a number of other torrents and is employed as a source of hydropower.
The Cenischia flows out of the reservoir near La Grande Croix and, having crossed into Italy, passes through the settlements of Moncenisio, Novalesa and Venaus before meeting the Dora Riparia at Susa.
References[]
- ^ AA.VV. (2004). "Elaborato I.c/5". Piano di Tutela delle Acque – Revisione del 1º luglio 2004; Caratterizzazione bacini Idrografici (PDF). Regione Piemonte. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ^ a b AA.VV. (2004). "Elaborato I.c/7". Piano di Tutela delle Acque – Revisione del 1º luglio 2004; Caratterizzazione bacini Idrografici (PDF). Regione Piemonte. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
- ^ Sandre. "Fiche cours d'eau - La Cenise (Y6700500)".
- Tributaries of the Dora Riparia
- Rivers of Savoie
- Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Rivers of France
- Rivers of the Province of Turin
- International rivers of Europe
- Rivers of the Alps
- Rivers of Italy
- Savoie geography stubs
- Piedmont geography stubs
- France river stubs
- Italy river stubs