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 river Po.''

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Course

The river's origin is in the area between Lake Orta and Lake Maggiore in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. It then flows south into the province of Novara and flows past Borgomanero and Cureggio 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 Lomellina area (in the communes of Castello d'Agogna and Lomello) 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

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with Novara as capital (See: Novara).

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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.
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