Pora (river)
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The Pora (or Porra1:25.000 map of the Istituto Geografico Militare, on-line versio
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Geography

The river rises at around 1000 m in the Ligurian Alps, not faraway from Colle del Melogno, at the junction between rio Rivase and Rio Peccione, in the italian communes, comune of Rialto, Liguria, Rialto. Flowing in the Valle Pora it passes through the Italian commune, comune of Calice Ligure, where it receives from left the waters of torrente Carbuta. Heading south-east the Pora reaches Finlaborgo and gets its main tributary, torrente Aquila; a couple of km downstream it ends its course in the Ligurian Sea, after being crossed by the Genoa–Ventimiglia railway and the ''Aurelia'' national road. Pora basin (59 Square kilometre, km2) is totally included in the Province of Savona


Main tributaries

* :wikt:left bank, Left hand: ** Torrente Carbuta (watershed 6 km2): it comes from Pian dei Corsi and enters the Pora in Calice Ligure; ** Torrente Aquila (watershed 21 km2): from Monte Alto (956 m) in heads South and crosses the comune of Orco Feglino joining the Pora in Finalborgo; * Right hand: ** Rio Ravin: comes from the SE slopes of Bric Gettina; ** Rio Molino.


See also

* List of rivers of Italy


References


External links

* {{in lang, it ''Torrente Pora'
www.fipsas.it
(fishing rules for the stream) Rivers of Italy Rivers of Liguria Rivers of the Province of Savona Rivers of the Alps Drainage basins of the Ligurian Sea