The Soana is a small
torrent
Torrent or torrents may refer to:
* A fast flowing stream
Animals
* Torrent duck, a species of the family Anatidae
* Torrent fish
* Torrent frog, various unrelated frogs
* Torrent robin, a bird species
* Torrent salamander, a family of sal ...
of the
Province of Turin
The former Province of Turin ( it, Provincia di Torino; pms, Provinsa ëd Turin; french: Province de Turin) was a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital was the city of Turin. The province existed until 31 December 2014, when it wa ...
,
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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in north-west
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, draining a basin of some . Its headwaters are above
Pianprato, in
Valprato Soana
Valprato Soana is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin, in Val Soana, included in the Gran Paradiso National Park. It borders the municipalities of Cogne, Cham ...
, where a number of smaller torrents converge. It is the principal tributary of the
Orco
The Orco ( pms, Eva d'òr, that is lit. ''Water of gold''; la, Orgus) is an Italian river. It originates in the Piedmontese slopes of Gran Paradiso and after about reaches the Po river near Chivasso, in the Metropolitan City of Turin. Its dra ...
, which it joins at
Pont Canavese
Pont Canavese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. It occupies a small fluvial plain between the rivers Orco and Soana: its names (''Pont'', derived from ...
.
References
External links
* http://www.fiumi.com/acque/index.php?id_g=3024
* http://www.okadventure.it/soana.htm
Bacino idrografico del Torrente Orco: analisi integrata evento-fenomeno-danno
Rivers of the Province of Turin
Canavese
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of the Alps
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