Seveso River

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Seveso
Origin	Cavallasca on Monte Sasso, province of Como, Lombardy
Mouth	the Naviglio Martesana canal in Milan
Basin countries	Italy
Length	55 km
Source elevation	490 m
Avg. discharge	11 m²/s

The Seveso is a 55 km Italian river, which flows through the provinces of Como, Monza e Brianza and Milan. It rises at Cavallasca on Monte Sasso, to the west of Como and close to the border with the Swiss canton Ticino. From here its course runs through the communes of San Fermo della Battaglia, Montano Lucino, Grandate, Civello, Casnate con Bernate, Portichetto, Fino Mornasco, Cucciago, Vertemate con Minoprio, Asnago, Carimate, Cimnago, Lentate sul Seveso, Camnago, Barlassina, Seveso, Cesano Maderno, Binzago, Bovisio-Masciago, Varedo, Palazzolo Milanese, Paderno Dugnano, Cusano Milanino, Cormano, Bresso. Finally, at Milan, it joins with the canal called the Naviglio Martesana which flows into the Lambro.

The Seveso is sometimes called il fiume nero, or “the black river” on account of the colour it acquires from industrial pollutants.

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• This article was initially summarized from the article in the Italian-language Wikipedia « it:Seveso (fiume) » , specifically from this version.