The Borbera (''Borbëa'' in
Ligurian or ''Borbaja'' in
Piedmontese) is a major ''
torrente'' (a stream whose flow is marked by a high degree of seasonal variation) of the
Province of Alessandria
The province of Alessandria (; ; in Piedmontese of Alessandria: ''provinsa ëd Lissändria'') is an Italian Provinces of Italy, province, with a population of some 425,000, which forms the southeastern part of the region of Piedmont. The prov ...
in the
Italian region
Piedmont
Piedmont ( ; ; ) is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the northwest Italy, Northwest of the country. It borders the Liguria region to the south, the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions to the east, and the Aosta Valley region to the ...
.
Geography
It begins at an elevation of on
Monte Chiappo and runs a course of before flowing into the
Scrivia
The Scrivia, long, is a right tributary of the river Po (river), Po, in northern Italy. It runs through Liguria, Piedmont, and Lombardy.
Main tributaries
* left bank, left hand:
** torrente Laccio;
** torrente Busalletta;
** torrente Traversa; ...
as its major
right tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream ('' main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which the ...
at
Vignole Borbera.
The river passes through the territories of the following
communes:
Cabella Ligure,
Albera Ligure,
Rocchetta Ligure,
Cantalupo Ligure,
Borghetto di Borbera, Vignole Borbera,
Stazzano,
Arquata Scrivia,
Serravalle Scrivia.
Rivers of the Province of Alessandria
Rivers of Italy
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