The Stura del Monferrato (also known as the Stura piccola and the Stura di Casale, in each case to distinguish it from other

Piedmont it, Piemontese , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ...

ese watercourses of the same name: the

Stura di Lanzo Stura di Lanzo ( la, Varus) is a long river in north-western Italy (Piedmont), in the Metropolitan City of Turin. It is formed from several tributaries near Lanzo Torinese. It flows into the river Po in Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it ...

, the

Stura di Demonte Stura di Demonte ( la, Stura) is a long river in northwestern Italy (Piedmont). Geography The river is a tributary to the river Tanaro, which is a tributary of the river Po. Its source is in the Alps, near the border with France. It flows t ...

and the

Stura di Ovada The Stura di Ovada is a stream of Liguria and Piedmont ( Italy); it is the main tributary of the Orba. Geography The stream rises from monte Orditano (Ceranesi municipality), in the Ligurian Apennine, with the name ''Sturetta'' (''little ...

) is a stream, which runs through Murisengo, Cerrina Monferrato, Mombello Monferrato and

Pontestura Pontestura (in Piedmontese ''Pont da Stura'') is a ''commune'' with a population of 1,539 in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont. It is located on the right bank of the Po River about east of Turin and about west of Casal ...

in the Italian

Province of Alessandria The Province of Alessandria ( it, Provincia di Alessandria; pms, Provincia ëd Lissandria; in Piedmontese of Alessandria: ''Provinsa ëd Lissändria'') is an Italian province, with a population of some 425,000, which forms the southeastern part o ...

. A right tributary of the

Po River The Po ( , ; la, Padus or ; Ancient Ligurian: or ) is the longest river in Italy. It flows eastward across northern Italy starting from the Cottian Alps. The river's length is either or , if the Maira, a right bank tributary, is included. Th ...

it flows in a northeasterly direction within the hilly region of the

Basso Monferrato Montferrat (, ; it, Monferrato ; pms, Monfrà , locally ; la, Mons Ferratus) is part of the region of Piedmont in northern Italy. It comprises roughly (and its extent has varied over time) the modern provinces of Alessandria and Asti. Mo ...

, through the Val Cerrina. (This valley, however, was not formed by the Stura: rather it was excavated by the major watercourse of Piedmont which existed during the

Lower Pleistocene The Early Pleistocene is an unofficial sub-epoch in the international geologic timescale in chronostratigraphy, being the earliest division of the Pleistocene Epoch within the ongoing Quaternary Period. It is currently estimated to span the time ...

, draining the western Alps and following an east-south-easterly course generally to the south of today's Po.) Its mean discharge of a mere relies immediately upon precipitation, and is subject to marked seasonal variations.

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