Polcevera

Polcevera

The Polcevera at its confluence with the Secca
Country Italy
Basin features
Main source Monte Leco (torr. Verde)
River mouth Ligurian Sea in Genoa (Italy)
0 m (0 ft)
44°24′26.857″N 8°52′29.59″E / 44.40746028°N 8.8748861°E / 44.40746028; 8.8748861 (Mediterranean Sea-Polcevera)Coordinates: 44°24′26.857″N 8°52′29.59″E / 44.40746028°N 8.8748861°E / 44.40746028; 8.8748861 (Mediterranean Sea-Polcevera)
Basin size 140 km2 (54 sq mi)[1]
Physical characteristics
Length 19 km (12 mi)[1][2]

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

History

The Département du Polcevera o Dipartimento della Polcevera of Ligurian Republic took its name at the end of the 18th century from the stream.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Direzione Pianificazione Generale e di Bacino (2009). PIANO DI BACINO STRALCIO SUL BILANCIO IDRICO - IL BACINO DEL TORRENTE POLCEVERA (PDF). cartogis.provincia.genova.it (in Italian). Provincia di Genova. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ 1:25.000 map of the Istituto Geografico Militare, on-line on www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer
  4. ↑ Istituto Geografico Centrale - Carta dei sentieri 1:50.000 n. 16 Genova - Varazze -Ovada
  5. ↑ Gazzetta universale (in Italian). 1797. Retrieved 2015-12-13.

See also

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