The Agogna (in Piedmontese ''Agògna'') is a

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which runs through the Italian regions of

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and

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. It is a left side tributary of the

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'' (2003), ''Comprehensive Atlas of the World'', 11th edition, Times Books, Plate 76 (F5).

Course

The river's origin is in the area between

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and Lake Maggiore in the

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. It then flows south into the province of Novara and flows past Borgomanero and

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before being joined by a branch of the Terdoppio. The river continues to flow south past Caltignaga and

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. The river then crosses into the

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and into the

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area (in the communes of

Castello d'Agogna Castello d'Agogna is a small town and '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southwest of Milan and about 35 km west of Pavia. It is crossed by the Agogna river. Castello d ...

and

Lomello Lomello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km southwest of Milan and about 30 km west of Pavia, on the right bank of the Agogna. It gives its name to the surrounding ...

) and receives its left tributary, the

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. Finally, the river flows into the Po at Balossa Bigli, part of the ''

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'' of

Mezzana Bigli Mezzana Bigli is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 50 km southwest of Milan and about 25 km southwest of Pavia in the Lomellina traditional region, near the left bank of th ...

, which is near the border between the province of Pavia and the

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. During the Napoleonic conquest of Italy, the Agogna gave its name to a department of the

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with

as capital (See:

References

External links

Le Oasi della Federazione Nazionale Pro Natura
, click on the ''L’Agogna Morta'' for a description of a

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on the banks of the river in Borgolavezzaro and

Nicorvo Nicorvo is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Pavia in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 45 km southwest of Milan and about 40 km northwest of Pavia. It is in the northern Lomellina, near the left bank of the Agogna ...

.
Centro di Formazione Ambientale Monferrato
, in particular the section on the

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Oasi di Agognate nature reserve through which the Agogna runs. Rivers of Italy Rivers of the Province of Novara Rivers of the Province of Pavia Rivers of the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Rivers of the Alps {{Italy-river-stub