Bisagno (stream)

Bisagno

The stream before Genova Brignole
Origin Passo della Scoffera
Mouth Ligurian Sea in Genoa (Italy)
44°23′42.47″N 8°56′35.37″E / 44.3951306°N 8.9431583°E / 44.3951306; 8.9431583 (Mediterranean Sea-Bisagno)Coordinates: 44°23′42.47″N 8°56′35.37″E / 44.3951306°N 8.9431583°E / 44.3951306; 8.9431583 (Mediterranean Sea-Bisagno)
Basin countries Italy
Length 25 km (16 mi)[1]
Mouth elevation 0
Avg. discharge 2.3 m3/s (81 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin area 95 km2 (37 sq mi)[1]

The Bisagno (in Ligurian Besagno /beˈzaɲu/) is a 25-kilometre (16 mi) stream of Liguria (Italy).

Geography

Sant'Agata old bridge
Antonio Varni: Bisagno mouth with laundresses at the end of XIX century

The river rises near Scoffera pass at around 600 m in the Ligurian Apennines. It flows south-west in the Bisagno Valley and receives its two main tributaries, called torrente Lentro (from the left hand) and torrente Canate (from the right hand). Heading south it reaches Genova and ends its course in the Ligurian Sea. The last part of its course, from Genova Brignole railway station to the mouth, has been transformed in a water tunnel.[1]

Bisagno basin (95 km2) is totally included in the Province of Genova.[3]

Main tributaries

History

The Département du Bisagne o Dipartimento del Bisagno of Ligurian Republic took its name at the end of the XVIII century from the stream.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Ufficio Pianificazione Territoriale della Città Metropolitana di Genova (2015). PIANO DI BACINO STRALCIO PER LA TUTELA DAL RISCHIO IDROGEOLOGICO (PDF). cartogis.provincia.genova.it (in Italian) (Provincia di Genova). Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ Piano di bacino - Stralcio sul bilancio idrico - IL BACINO DEL TORRENTE BISAGNO, AA.VV., pag.174, Provincia di Genova; on-line version on cartogis.provincia.genova.it, accessed in Dicember 2015.
  3. ↑ 1:25.000 map of the Istituto Geografico Militare, on-line on www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer
  4. ↑ Gazzetta universale (in Italian). 1797. Retrieved 2015-12-07.

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