Dora Riparia

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Dora Riparia Doire Ripaire
The river at Turin
Dora Riparia location
Native name	Dòira Rivaira (Piedmontese)
Location
Countries	France Italy
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Cottian Alps near Col de Montgenèvre
• elevation	2,500 metres (8,200 ft)
Mouth
• location	River Po, Turin
• coordinates	45°4′43″N 7°43′30″E / 45.07861°N 7.72500°E / 45.07861; 7.72500
Length	125 kilometres (78 mi)
Basin size	1,231 square kilometres (475 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	25 cubic metres per second (880 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Po→ Adriatic Sea
Tributaries
• left	Dora di Bardonecchia, Cenischia

The Dora Riparia (Italian:

Further down the valley, in Oulx, the river grows thanks to its main upper tributary, the Dora di Bardonecchia, and before Susa is augmented by the Galambra and Cenischia. After Susa, it only receives minor tributaries: from the left, Gravio by Condove, Sessi by Caprie, and Messa by Almese, from the right Scaglione by Meana and Gravio by Villar Focchiardo. It runs through the Susa Valley, and after having crossed part of the plain of the Po and the territories of the comunes of Avigliana, Alpignano, Pianezza and Collegno, joins the Po at Turin. It is considered a "stream" (torrente) until Susa, and a river (fiume) to Turin.

It was at the confluence of the Dora Riparia and the Po that present-day Turin was founded in