The Agogna (in Piedmontese ''Agògna'') is a stream which runs through the Italian regions of

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and Lombardy. It is a

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tributary of the river Po.''

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Course

The river's origin is in the area between Lake Orta and

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in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. 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 Novara. The river then crosses into the province of Pavia and into the

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area (in the communes of Castello d'Agogna 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 ar ...

) and receives its left tributary, the Erbognone. Finally, the river flows into the Po at Balossa Bigli, part of the ''

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'' of Mezzana Bigli, which is near the border between the province of Pavia and the province of Alessandria. During the Napoleonic conquest of Italy, the Agogna gave its name to a department of the Kingdom of Italy with Novara as capital (See: Novara).

References

External links

Le Oasi della Federazione Nazionale Pro Natura
, click on the ''L’Agogna Morta'' for a description of a nature reserve on the banks of the river in Borgolavezzaro and Nicorvo.
Centro di Formazione Ambientale Monferrato
, in particular the section on the LIPU 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