Versa (Tanaro)

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Versa
Versa a montiglio monferrato.jpg
The stream in Montiglio, near its source.
Versa location map.jpg
Location of the stream within southern Piedmont
Location
CountryItaly
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationclose to Cocconato
MouthTanaro
 • coordinates
44°53′19″N 8°16′10″E / 44.88861°N 8.26944°E / 44.88861; 8.26944Coordinates: 44°53′19″N 8°16′10″E / 44.88861°N 8.26944°E / 44.88861; 8.26944
Length38.6 km (24.0 mi)[1]
Basin size200.4 km2 (77.4 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • average3.5 m3/s (120 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
ProgressionTanaroPoAdriatic Sea

The Versa, a left tributary of the Tanaro, is a 35-kilometre (22 mi) torrent in the Province of Asti in north-west Italy. It is the river of the valley called . In 1836 the Versa was identified, along with the Rotaldo, the Grana, the Stura and the Gattola, as one of the five torrents of the still extant .[3]

Its source is a little to the north of Cocconato near the border with the Province of Turin. After a generally southerly course of 35 kilometres it enters the Tanaro just to the east of Asti.[4]

This river is not to be confused with the Versa that is a tributary of the Po.

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b 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 2012-06-09.
  2. ^ 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 2012-06-09.
  3. ^ Casalis, Goffredo, ed. (1836), "CASALE provincia", Dizionario geografico, storico, statistico, commerciale degli stati di S.M. il re di Sardegna, vol. III, Torino: G. Maspero, p. 658.
  4. ^ Valleversa.it, Il torrente Versa, www.valleversa.it.


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