Strona di Mosso

The Strona di Mosso (Piedmontese: Stron-a ëd Mòss) is a 23-kilometre (14 mi) long creek in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy.

Strona di Mosso
The Strona di Mosso in Cossato
Location within central Piedmont (NW Italy)
Location
Country	Italy: province of Biella
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Bocchetto di Sessera southern slopes
• elevation	around 1,300 m (4,300 ft)
Mouth
• location	Cervo
• coordinates	45°32′18″N 8°12′32″E
• elevation	207.0 m (679.1 ft)[1]
Length	23 km (14 mi)[2]
Basin size	102 km^2 (39 sq mi)[2]
Discharge
• average	(mouth) 2.1 m^3/s (74 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
Progression	Cervo→ Sesia→ Po→ Adriatic Sea
Tributaries
• left	rio Berguso, rio Overa, rio Poala
• right	rio Soccasca, torrente Tamarone, torrente Quargnasca

Etymology

The name Strona should come from storn or strom, celtic roots for flowing waters or river.[3]

Geography

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.[1]

Floods

Memorial tablet to the 1968 flood victims in Strona

The river caused severe destruction and 58 casualties in 1968 along the Strona Valley.

References

1. Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) of Regione Piemonte - 2007
2. Direzione Pianificazione delle Risorse Idriche (2007). Piano di tutela delle acque (AI 18 - Cervo) (PDF). Regione Piemonte. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2012-12-29.
3. Comuni della Provincia di Biella, page 140; AA.VV, Nerosubianco edizioni, Cuneo 2005

See also

• Valle Strona di Mosso
• Alpi Biellesi