The Arda is a
torrent
Torrent or torrents may refer to:
* A fast flowing stream
Animals
* Torrent duck, a species of the family Anatidae
* Torrent fish
* Torrent frog, various unrelated frogs
* Torrent robin, a bird species
* Torrent salamander, a family of s ...
of
Emilia-Romagna
egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman)
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, population_blank1_title ...
,
Italy
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, nearly all of its course being within the
province of Piacenza
The province of Piacenza ( it, provincia di Piacenza) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its provincial capital is the city Piacenza. As of 2016, it has a total population of 286,572 inhabitants over an area of , giving it a popu ...
. It is a right tributary of the
Po River.
It rises at an elevation of in the Ligurian
Apennines on the north-west slopes of
Monte Lama
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* Argentine Monte, an ecoregion
* Monte Desert
* Monte Partido, a ''partido'' in Buenos Aires Province
Italy
* Monte Bregagno
* Monte Cassino
* Montecorvino (disambiguation)
* Montefalcione
Portugal
* Monte ...
(near
Monte Menegosa), within the
commune
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of
Morfasso. After about , at an elevation of , it is dammed to form the Lago di Mignano reservoir which covers about and provides both a water supply and
hydro-electric
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power.
The stream then flows through
Lugagnano Val d'Arda
Lugagnano Val d'Arda ( Piacentino: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna.
Geography
It's located about northwest of Bologna and about southeast of Piacenza, on the Arda stream.
...
and
Castell'Arquato before entering the plain where it passes through
Fiorenzuola d'Arda
Fiorenzuola d'Arda (; egl, label= Piacentino, Fiurinsöla, or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Italy in the province of Piacenza, part of the Emilia-Romagna region. Its name derives from ''Florentia'' ("prosperous" in Latin). The "d'Arda" portion ...
and
Cortemaggiore
Cortemaggiore ( Piacentino: ) is an Italian ''comune'' located in the Province of Piacenza.
Cortemaggiore is located in the northern Italy about from Milan and from Bologna, in the Pianura Padana.
The municipality borders with Fiorenzuola d'Ar ...
. Before entering the Po, near
Polesine Parmense, it is joined on the right by another torrent, the Ongina, whose source is in the Piacenza hills, between
Alseno and Castell'Arquato.
The Arda follows the typical pattern of an Apennine torrent with maximum discharges during the spring and autumn rains and a minimal flow during the summer.
Notes
As of 8 August 2006 the article was based on the
corresponding page of the
Italian Wikipedia
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Rivers of the Province of Piacenza
Rivers of the Province of Parma
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of the Apennines
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