The Ceronda ()
is a long creek in the
Metropolitan City of Turin
The Metropolitan City of Turin (; Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ''sità metropolitan-a 'd Turin'') is a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin. It replaced the prov ...
,
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 ...
, region in northwestern Italy.
Geography
It is formed from several streams that drain the northern slopes of
Monte Colombano and converge near
Varisella. Flowing from southwest to northeast, it reaches
Fiano where it gets out of the
Alps
The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
...
and enters into the
Po plain turning towards south. After receiving from the
right
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its main tributary, the
Casternone, it crosses the Mandria nature park and finally flows into the river
Stura di Lanzo
Stura di Lanzo () 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 ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and ...
in
Venaria Reale.
References
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Tributaries of the Stura di Lanzo
Rivers of the Metropolitan City of Turin
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of the Alps