The Stronetta, or Rio Stronetta (), is a small
mountain torrent in the
Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola, northern
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...
.
It rises in the mountains to the south-east of
Gravellona Toce
Gravellona Toce () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about west of Verbania.
Main sights
*Gallo-Roman necropolis
*Parish church of St. Pet ...
and flows through the industrial district of the town, and into
Lago Maggiore
Lake Maggiore (, ; ; ; ; literally 'greater lake') or Verbano (; ) is a large lake located on the south side of the Alps. It is the List of lakes of Italy, second largest lake in Italy and the List of lakes of Switzerland, largest in southern Sw ...
at Fondotoce, a locality of
Verbania
Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipality) and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about north-west of Milan and ab ...
. A peculiarity of the river is that in places it is entirely covered by vegetation, and can be difficult to make out.
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Rivers of the Alps
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