Brembo (river)
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Brembo River
)| Brembo | |
|---|---|
 The Brembo at Ponte San Pietro. | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Italy |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Pizzo del Diavolo, Pizzo Tre Signori |
| Mouth | Adda |
• coordinates | 45°35′04″N 9°32′17″E / 45.5845°N 9.5381°E |
| Length | 74 km (46 mi) |
| Basin size | 935 km2 (361 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 30 m3/s (1,100 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Adda→ Po→ Adriatic Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Parina, Quisa |
| • right | Stabina, Enna |
The Brembo (
left tributary of the Adda, which runs entirely within the Province of Bergamo in the Lombardy Region
.
River
The Brembo springs from the
torrente of the Val Taleggio which joins the Brembo in the small town of San Giovanni Bianco, the Ambria, a torrente of the Valle Serina and the Dordo, a stream of Isola di Bergamo.[1]
The Brembo flows into the Adda near
communes of Capriate San Gervasio, Canonica d'Adda and Vaprio d'Adda, at the border between the provinces of Bergamo and Milan
.
In the course of the centuries the river has seen many floods, often on a disastrous scale as was the case on 18 July 1987 when immense damage was done to the environs of the Val Brembana.
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Isola di Bergamo is a traditional and geographical region which lies between the mountains and the rivers Adda and Brembo. See here [1] Archived 2007-09-14 at the Wayback Machine
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