Strona di Mosso

{{Infobox river

| name = Strona di Mosso

| image = Strona a cossato.jpg

| image_caption = The Strona di Mosso in Cossato

| source1_location = Bocchetto di Sessera southern slopes

| mouth_location = Cervo

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|45|32|18|N|8|12|32|E|display=it|region:IT_type:river_source:CTR}}

| progression = {{RCervo}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Italy: province of Biella

| length = {{convert|23|km|mi|abbr=on}}{{cite book|last=Direzione Pianificazione delle Risorse Idriche|title=Piano di tutela delle acque (AI 18 - Cervo)|url=http://www.regione.piemonte.it/acqua/pianoditutela/monografie/dwd/b1/ai18/s_cervo.pdf|access-date=2012-12-29|year=2007|publisher=Regione Piemonte|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191307/http://www.regione.piemonte.it/acqua/pianoditutela/monografie/dwd/b1/ai18/s_cervo.pdf|archive-date=2013-10-29}}

| source1_elevation = around {{convert|1300|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|207.0|m|ft|abbr=on}}

| discharge1_avg = (mouth) {{convert|2.1|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}

| basin_size ={{convert|102|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}

| tributaries_left = rio Berguso, rio Overa, rio Poala

| tributaries_right = rio Soccasca, torrente Tamarone, torrente Quargnasca

| map = Strona di mosso location map.jpg

| map_caption = Location within central Piedmont (NW Italy)

}}

The Strona di Mosso ({{langx|pms|Stron-a ëd Mòss}}) is a {{convert|23|km|mi|adj=on}} long creek in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy.

Etymology

The name Strona should come from storn or strom, celtic roots for flowing waters or rivers.Comuni della Provincia di Biella, page 140; AA.VV, Nerosubianco edizioni, Cuneo 2005

Geography

The river starts in the Biellese Alps near Bocchetto Sessera, a mountain pass connecting its valley with Val Sessera.

Flowing initially from northwest to southeast it reaches Valle Mosso, where it encircles Monte Rovella and turns southwards. In Cossato it gets out of the Alps and enters into the Po plain. After receiving from the right its main tributary, the Quargnasca, it flows into the river Cervo.Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) of Regione Piemonte - 2007

Floods

File:Strona lapide alluvione 1968.jpg]]

The river caused severe destruction and 58 casualties in 1968 along the Strona Valley.

References

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See also