Versa (Tanaro)
Versa | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | Italy |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | close to Cocconato |
Mouth | Tanaro |
• coordinates | 44°53′19″N 8°16′10″E / 44.88861°N 8.26944°ECoordinates: 44°53′19″N 8°16′10″E / 44.88861°N 8.26944°E |
Length | 38.6 km (24.0 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 200.4 km2 (77.4 sq mi)[1] |
Discharge | |
• average | 3.5 m3/s (120 cu ft/s)[2] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Tanaro→ Po→ Adriatic 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[]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Valleversa.it, Il torrente Versa, www.valleversa.it.
Categories:
- Tributaries of the Tanaro
- Rivers of Italy
- Rivers of the Province of Asti
- Piedmont geography stubs
- Italy river stubs