Pora (river) explained

Pora
Length:	15km (09miles)^[1]
Source1 Elevation:	1000m (3,000feet)
Mouth Elevation:	0m (00feet)
Basin Size:	59km2^[2]
Source1 Location:	Ligurian Alps
Mouth:	Ligurian Sea
Mouth Location:	Finale Ligure (SV)
Mouth Coordinates:	44.1672°N 8.3414°W
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Italy
Map:	Pora mappa.png

The Pora (or Porra^[3]) is a 15km (09miles) stream of Liguria (Italy).

Geography

The river rises at around 1000 m in the Ligurian Alps, not faraway from Colle del Melogno, at the junction between rio Rivase and Rio Peccione, in the comune of Rialto. Flowing in the Valle Pora it passes through the comune of Calice Ligure, where it receives from left the waters of torrente Carbuta. Heading south-east the Pora reaches Finlaborgo and gets its main tributary, torrente Aquila; a couple of km downstream it ends its course in the Ligurian Sea, after being crossed by the Genoa–Ventimiglia railway and the Aurelia national road.

Pora basin (59 km2) is totally included in the Province of Savona

Main tributaries

• Left hand:
  • Torrente Carbuta (watershed 6 km2): it comes from Pian dei Corsi and enters the Pora in Calice Ligure;
  • Torrente Aquila (watershed 21 km2): from Monte Alto (956 m) in heads South and crosses the comune of Orco Feglino joining the Pora in Finalborgo;
• Right hand:
  • Rio Ravin: comes from the SE slopes of Bric Gettina;
  • Rio Molino.

See also

• List of rivers of Italy

External links

• Torrente Pora www.fipsas.it (fishing rules for the stream)

Notes and References

1. INTERVENTI PER LA MESSA IN SICUREZZA DEL T. PORA TRA IL PONTE DI VIA SAGITTARIO E LA FOCE, Comune di Finale Ligure, on-line in pdf: Web site: Archived copy . 2015-05-22 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150522173533/http://www.comunefinaleligure.it/urbancenter/download/nuovo%20progetto%20aree%20piaggio/All%204%20-%20Messa%20in%20sicur%20Pora/Elaborati%20tecnici/RR01%20rev0.pdf . 2015-05-22 . (access: 2015-05-22)
2. PIANO DI BACINO STRALCIO SUL RISCHIO IDROGEOLOGICO, Provincia di Savona, on-line in pdf: Web site: Archived copy . 2015-05-22 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150522172409/http://www.provincia.savona.it/sites/default/files/allegati/piani-di-bacino/09_relazione_generale.pdf . 2015-05-22 . (access: 2015-05-22)
3. 1:25.000 map of the Istituto Geografico Militare, on-line version:www.pcn.minambiente.it