Malone is a long

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() of the

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, north-western

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. It is a left side tributary of the

river Po The Po ( , ; la, Padus or ; Ancient Ligurian: or ) is the longest river in Italy. It flows eastward across northern Italy starting from the Cottian Alps. The river's length is either or , if the Maira, a right bank tributary, is included. Th ...

which flows through the Canavese.

Geography

The river's source is at Monte Soglio from which it falls quickly and rapidly through the

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of Corio,

Rocca Canavese Rocca Canavese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about northwest of Turin. Rocca Canavese borders the following municipalities: Corio (TO), Corio, Forno Canavese, Levo ...

Barbania Barbania is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. It is in the middle of the Malone river plain. Barbania borders the following municipalities: Rivara, Busan ...

and

Front (TO) Front is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Front borders the following municipalities: Busano, Favria, Vauda Canavese, Oglianico, San Carlo Canavese San ...

, growing in force as it receives contributions from streams descending from the ''Riserva Naturale della Vauda''

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on its right bank. The Malone then runs past Rivarossa,

Lombardore Lombardore is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northe ...

San Benigno Canavese San Benigno Canavese (Piedmontese: ''San Balègn'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 20 km northeast of Turin, whose territory is bordered by the Malone and Orco ri ...

then arrives at

Brandizzo Brandizzo is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin. Brandizzo borders the following municipalities: Chivasso, Volpiano, Settimo Torinese Settimo Torinese ...

(near

Chivasso Chivasso (; pms, Civass) is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Turin, in the Italian region of Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin. Chivasso has a population of about 27,000. It is situated on the left bank of the Po river, near the inf ...

) where it enters the Po.

Regime

The Italian word ''torrente'', translated as torrent, or stream, refers to a river in which the flow is subject to a wide and broadly predictable seasonal variation. Torrents often dry up in summer. The Malone in full flood, however, can be genuinely “torrential” in the normal English sense of the word. The mean discharge of around can increase a hundredfold and cause great damage, as happened in the flood of October 2000.

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