Strona di Mosso | |
Source1 Location: | Bocchetto di Sessera southern slopes |
Mouth Coordinates: | 45.5383°N 8.2089°W |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Italy |
Length: | 23km (14miles)[1] |
Source1 Elevation: | around 1300m (4,300feet) |
Mouth Elevation: | 207m (679feet) |
Discharge1 Avg: | (mouth) 2.1m3/s |
Basin Size: | 102km2 |
Tributaries Left: | rio Berguso, rio Overa, rio Poala |
Tributaries Right: | rio Soccasca, torrente Tamarone, torrente Quargnasca |
Map: | Strona di mosso location map.jpg |
The Strona di Mosso (pms|Stron-a ëd Mòss) is a 23km (14miles) long creek in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy.
The name Strona should come from storn or strom, celtic roots for flowing waters or rivers.[2]
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.[3]
The river caused severe destruction and 58 casualties in 1968 along the Strona Valley.