The Brembo ( Lombard: ''Brèmb'' or ''Brèmp'') is a

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river, a

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of the Adda, which runs entirely within the

Province of Bergamo The Province of Bergamo ( it, provincia di Bergamo; lmo, proìnsa de Bèrghem) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy. It has a population of 1,112,187 (2017), an area of , and contains 243 ''comuni''. Its capital is the city of Bergamo. ...

in the

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River

The Brembo springs from the

Bergamo Alps The Bergamasque Alps or Bergamo Alps (Italian language, Italian: ''Alpi Orobie'', sometimes translated into English as Orobic Alps) are a mountain range in the Italy, Italian Alps. They are located in northern Lombardy and named after the city Be ...

at the foot of Pizzo del Diavolo; on reaching

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it is united with a second branch which flows from the mountains of

Mezzoldo Mezzoldo (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about north of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 225 and an area of ...

. During its course it is fed by numerous water courses; those with the greatest flows are the

Stabina The Stabina is a stream in the Bergamo Alps of northern Italy. It begins at the Pizzo Tre Signori, and after , it flows into the river Brembo near the village of Olmo al Brembo Olmo al Brembo (Bergamasque: ) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in th ...

, from Valtorta, the Parina, the

Enna Enna ( or ; grc, Ἔννα; la, Henna, less frequently ), known from the Middle Ages until 1926 as Castrogiovanni ( scn, Castrugiuvanni ), is a city and located roughly at the center of Sicily, southern Italy, in the province of Enna, towering ...

, a '' torrente'' of the

Val Taleggio The Val Taleggio ( lmo, Val Taegg) is an Alpine valley in the Italian region of Lombardy, split between the provinces of Bergamo and Lecco. It is a western fork of the Val Brembana which begins in the commune of San Giovanni Bianco, in the Provi ...

which joins the Brembo in the small town of

San Giovanni Bianco San Giovanni Bianco (Bergamasque: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about north of Bergamo, located in the Val Brembana Val Brembana is a valley i ...

, the Ambria, a ''torrente'' of the Valle Serina and the Dordo, a stream of

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.Isola di Bergamo is a traditional and geographical region which lies between the mountains and the rivers Adda and Brembo. See her

The Brembo flows into the Adda near

Crespi d'Adda Crespi d'Adda is a village in northern Italian and hamlet (''frazione'') of Capriate San Gervasio, a municipality in the province of Bergamo, Lombardy. It is a historic settlement and an outstanding example of the 19th and early 20th-century "com ...

, between the

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Capriate San Gervasio Capriate San Gervasio ( Bergamasque: ; Milanese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Bergamo, in Lombardy, northern Italy. , its population was 8,216. The municipality is located about from Milan. History About two thousand years ago, ...

Canonica d'Adda Canonica d'Adda (Bergamasque: ; Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about southwest of Bergamo. It lies on the left bank of the river ...

and

Vaprio d'Adda Vaprio d'Adda ( Milanese: ; Bergamasque: ; locally ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, about northeast of Milan. Vaprio d'Adda borders the following municipalities: Trezzo sull'Add ...

, at the border between the provinces of Bergamo and

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. 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 Val Brembana is a valley in Lombardy, northern Italy. It takes its name from the river crossing it, the Brembo. Geography The Bergamo Alps form the valley's northern limits, notably the Tre Signori and Diavolo di Tenda Peaks, while at south lie ...

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