The Piota is an Apennine

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in the

Province of Alessandria The Province of Alessandria ( it, Provincia di Alessandria; pms, Provincia ëd Lissandria; in Piedmontese of Alessandria: ''Provinsa ëd Lissändria'') is an Italian province, with a population of some 425,000, which forms the southeastern part o ...

, north-west

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Geography

The Piota passes through the territory of the

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Bosio Bosio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about southeast of Alessandria. Bosio borders the following municipalities: Campo Ligure, Campomorone, Ca ...

Casaleggio Boiro Casaleggio Boiro is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about south of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 379 and an area of .All ...

, Lerma,

Tagliolo Monferrato Tagliolo Monferrato is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about south of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,499 and an area o ...

Silvano d'Orba Silvano d'Orba is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about southeast of Turin and about south of Alessandria. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,856 and an area of .All ...

and Rocca Grimalda. As a tributary of the Orba, the Piota falls within the

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. The river's source is on the

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ese flank of

Monte Pracaban Monte Pracaban is a mountain in the Valle Stura, Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Apennines. Geography The mountain is located on the boundary between the ''comune'' of Campo Ligure in Liguria, and that of Bosio in Piedmont. ...

and its course takes it through the wild landscapes of the Ligurian Apennine that form the Parco Regionale delle Capanne di Marcarolo. Having been joined by the Gorzente, the Piota enters the Orba near

Fishing

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are fished for in the river and it is possible to pan flecks of gold.

References

Rivers of Italy Rivers of the Province of Alessandria {{Italy-river-stub