The Brembo (
Lombard: ''Brèmb'' or ''Brèmp'') is a
Italian river, a
left tributary
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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
Lombardy Region
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.
River
The Brembo springs from the
Bergamo Alps at the foot of
Pizzo del Diavolo; on reaching
Lenna it is united with a second branch which flows from the mountains of
Mezzoldo. During its course it is fed by numerous water courses; those with the greatest flows are the
Stabina, from
Valtorta, the
Parina
The Parina is a stream in the Bergamo Alps of northern Italy. It begins between the Pizzo Arera and the Cima Valmora, passes near the villages of Oltre il Colle, Serina, Dossena and Lenna, and after flows into the Brembo river near Camerata Co ...
, 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, towerin ...
, a ''
torrente'' of the
Val Taleggio 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
Bergamo (; lmo, Bèrghem ; from the proto- Germani ...
, the
Ambria, a ''torrente'' of the Valle Serina and the
Dordo, a stream of
Isola di Bergamo.
[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, between the
communes
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of
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 ag ...
,
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, at the border between the provinces of Bergamo and
Milan
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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.
See also
*
Val Brembana
Footnotes
External links
The flood of 18 July 1987
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Rivers of the Province of Bergamo
Rivers of Italy