The Isorno is an Italian and
Swiss
Swiss may refer to:
* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
*Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
*Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports
*Swiss Internation ...
river, a tributary of the
Melezzo Orientale
The Melezza,The Eastern Melezzo, so called to distinguish it from the Melezzo Occidentale which traverses the western part of the Val Vigezzo to enter the Toce at Domodossola. in Italy the Melezzo Orientale, is a 42 km Alpine torrent which ...
.
Its source is in Italy near
Pioda di Crana. It passes through
Bagni, a ''
frazione'' of
Craveggia, then entering Switzerland it flows through
Onsernone
Onsernone is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Ticino, near the city of Locarno. The river Isorno runs through this valley.
The municipality was created in 1995 by a merger of Comologno, Crana and Russo.[Mosogno
Mosogno is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 10 April 2016 the former municipalities of Vergeletto, Gresso, Mosogno and Isorno merged into the municipality of Onsernone.
History
Mosogn ...]
,
Isorno and
Intragna
Intragna is a village and locality in the municipality of Centovalli in the district of Locarno of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Intragna has good railway connection with Locarno, Switzerland and Domodossola, Italy, as well as bus connec ...
, where it joins the Melezzo Orientale.
Its valley, although easily reached from
Lugano,
Bellinzona,
Domodossola and
Locarno, is one of the wildest in Switzerland, and there is a proposal to institute a
national park
A national park is a nature park, natural park in use for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state dec ...
like that of
Engadin.
Sources
:''This original version of this article included text translated from
its counterpart in the
Italian Wikipedia.''
Rivers of Switzerland
Rivers of Ticino
Rivers of the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Rivers of the Alps
Rivers of Italy
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