The Brembo (
Lombard: ''Brèmb'' or ''Brèmp'') is a
Italian
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river, a
left tributary of the
Adda, which runs entirely within the
Province of Bergamo in the
Lombardy Region.
River
The Brembo springs from the
Bergamo Alps
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at the foot of
Pizzo del Diavolo; on reaching
Lenna
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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, from
Valtorta, the
Parina, the
Enna
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, 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- Germanic e ...
, 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 "co ...
, 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 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 Ad ...
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'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
*
Val Brembana
Footnotes
External links
The flood of 18 July 1987
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Rivers of the Province of Bergamo
Rivers of Italy