Grue (river)

Grue

Grue creek near Sarezzano

location within the SE Piedmont
Country Italy
Basin
Main source Bocchetta del Barillaro
636 m (2,087 ft)
River mouth Po
Basin size 100.8 km2 (38.9 sq mi)[1]
Physical characteristics
Length 33.1 km (20.6 mi)[2]
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    1.78 m3/s (63 cu ft/s)[1]

The Grue is a torrent in north-west Italy, a right tributary of the Scrivia, whose 32-kilometre (20 mi) course lies entirely within the Province of Alessandria, Piedmont.

The river’s source is at Bocchetta del Barillaro, at an elevation of 636 metres (2,087 ft) close to the watershed with the Val Borbera. The river follows a tortuous course through the Ligurian Apennines, and between the hills of Tortona, before entering the Po plain at Viguzzolo. From here its path is straighter and it debouches into the Scrivia near Castelnuovo Scrivia at 85 metres (279 ft) above sea level.

The communes through whose territory the Grue passes are Dernice, Garbagna, Avolasca, Casasco, Montemarzino, Montegioco, Cerreto Grue, Sarezzano, Viguzzolo, Berzano di Tortona, Tortona, and Castelnuovo Scrivia.

References

The initial version of this article was a translation from it:Grue (torrente), its counterpart in the Italian Wikipedia.

  1. 1 2 AA.VV. "Elaborato I.c/7". Piano di Tutela delle Acque - Revisione del 1º luglio 2004; Caratterizzazione bacini Idrografici (PDF). Regione Piemonte. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  2. AA.VV. "Elaborato I.c/5". Piano di Tutela delle Acque - Revisione del 1º luglio 2004; Caratterizzazione bacini Idrografici (PDF). Regione Piemonte. Retrieved 2012-06-09.

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