Sessera
{{Infobox river
| name = Sessera
| image = Sessera a borgosesia.jpg
| image_caption = The Sessera near Borgosesia
| source1_location = Monte Bo eastern slopes (Punta del Manzo)
| mouth_location = Sesia
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|45|41|56|N|8|17|52|E|display=it|region:IT_type:river_source:CTR-Raster-Regione-Piemonte}}
| progression = {{RSesia}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Italy: province of Biella and province of Vercelli
| length = {{convert|35.461|km|abbr=on}}Data base of Autorità di bacino del fiume Po (River Po Authority), on-line at: [http://www.adbpo.it/on-line/ADBPO/Home/SistemaInformativoTerritoriale/AccessoalleareewebGISatlantedeipianistrumentidimonitoraggio.html www.adbpo.it] (accessed in January 2013)
| source1_elevation = around {{convert|2000|m|abbr=on}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|323|m|abbr=on}}
| discharge1_avg = (mouth) {{convert|7.5|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}{{cite book |title= Piano di tutela delle acque (AI 16 - Alto Sesia) |url= http://www.regione.piemonte.it/acqua/pianoditutela/monografie/dwd/b1/ai16/s_altosesia.pdf |accessdate= 2013-01-02 |publisher= Regione Piemonte - Direzione Pianificazione delle Risorse Idriche |year= 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160809061949/http://www.regione.piemonte.it/acqua/pianoditutela/monografie/dwd/b1/ai16/s_altosesia.pdf |archivedate= 2016-08-09 |df= }}
| basin_size ={{convert|189|km2|abbr=on}}
| tributaries_left = torrente Dolca, riale del Cavallero, torrente Strona di Postua
| tributaries_right = torrente Ponzone
| map = LocationSesseraCeek.png
| map_caption = Location within Po watershed
}}
The Sessera ({{langx|pms|Séssera}}) is a {{convert|35.5|km|mi}} long torrent in the Piedmont region - NW Italy.
Geography
Image:Sessera ponte di babbiera.jpg
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.Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) of Regione Piemonte - 2007
Floods
The river caused severe destruction in 1968 along the Sessera Valley.Biellese: la catastrofica alluvione del novembre 1968, Angelo Giovi, article on Meteo giornale (on-line version in .pdf son [http://www.meteogiornale.it/reportages/read.php?id=2098&chapter=3&action=pdf www.meteogiornale.it])(Retrieved 2013-01-02)
See also
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Category:Rivers of the Province of Biella