Polcevera
| Polcevera | |
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| File:Bolzaneto Polcevera 03.jpg
The Polcevera at its confluence with the Secca
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| File:Polcevera mappa.png | |
| Origin | Monte Leco (torr. Verde) |
| Mouth | Ligurian Sea in Genoa (Italy) Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Basin countries | Italy |
| Length | 19 km (12 mi)[1][2] |
| Mouth elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Basin area | 140 km2 (54 sq mi)[1] |
The Polcevera (in Ligurian Pûçéivia o Ponçéivia) is a 19-kilometre (12 mi) stream of Liguria (Italy).
Geography
The river is named Polvecera from Pontedecimo, at the confluence of torrente Riccò (left hand) and torrente Verde (right hand). Between Pontedecimo and the Ligurian Sea Polcevera's length is 11 km, but considering the Verde its total length is 19 km.
From Pontedecimo the Polcevera heads south and receives at Bolzaneto the waters of torrente Secca, another important left hand tributary. It ends its course in the Ligurian Sea between Sampierdarena and Cornigliano, two quartieri of Genoa.
The 140 km2 (54 sq mi) drainage basin of the Polcevera is totally included in the Province of Genova.[3] Its highest point is Monte Taccone (1.113 m).[4]
Main tributaries
- Left hand:
- torrente Riccò,
- torrente Secca,
- torrente Geminiano (or Goresina),
- torrente Torbella.
- Right hand:
- torrente Verde,
- torrente Burba,
- torrente Trasta,
- torrente Fegino (or Pianego).
History
The Département du Polcevera o Dipartimento della Polcevera of Ligurian Republic took its name at the end of the XVIII century from the stream.[5]
Photo gallery
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Genova Pontedecimo Polcevera.jpg
Pontedecimo: confluence of torrente Verde (left) and Riccò (right).
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Panorama Valpolcevera da Murta.jpg
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Ponte Morandi.jpg
"Viadotto Polcevera", a motorway bridge on the Polcevera.
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Genova foce Polcevera.jpg
Last part of the Polcevera course; in the background tha Port of Genoa.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 19 km is the total length of the stream and includes torrente Verde, considered to be the headwaters and primary stream of the Polcevera itself
- ↑ 1:25.000 map of the Istituto Geografico Militare, on-line on www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer
- ↑ Istituto Geografico Centrale - Carta dei sentieri 1:50.000 n. 16 Genova - Varazze -Ovada
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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