Poschiavino is an long

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of ...

that rises in the

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and flows into the

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province of Sondrio The Province of Sondrio ( it, provincia di Sondrio) is in the Lombardy region of northern Italy. Its provincial capital is the city of Sondrio. As of 2017, it has a population of 181,403. History The Province was established in 1815, within ...

. The majority of the river is in Switzerland, with just in Italy. The source of the river lies at above sea level in the

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, close to the

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. From here the river flows south through the upper Val Poschiavo, past the settlements of

La Rösa La Rösa is a hamlet in the upper part of the Val Poschiavo in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It lies at above sea level on the southern approach to the Bernina Pass, and is in the municipality of Poschiavo, some north of the village ...

Poschiavo Poschiavo ( it, Poschiavo, lmo, Pusciaaf, german: Puschlav, rm, Puschlav) is a municipality in the Bernina Region in the canton of Grisons in Switzerland. History Poschiavo is first mentioned in 824 as ''in Postclave'' though this comes fro ...

and Le Prese, before entering the long

Lago di Poschiavo Lago di Poschiavo is a natural lake in the Val di Poschiavo in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Geography It has an elevation is , a length of , a surface area of and a maximum depth of . The lake is both fed and drained by the Poschiavino riv ...

. Below the lake, the river passes the settlements of

Brusio Brusio (Lombardy, Lombard: ''Brüs'', Romansh language, Romansh ''Brüsch'') is a municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the Bernina Region in the Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Grisons in Switzerland. History Brusio is first mentioned ...

and Campocologno before crossing the border into Italy. It flows into the Adda in Tirano, at above sea level. The water of the river and its tributaries is used to power several

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s owned by Repower AG.

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Rivers of Switzerland Val Poschiavo Rivers of the Province of Sondrio Rivers of Graubünden Rivers of Italy Poschiavo {{Switzerland-river-stub