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The Pora (or Porra1:25.000 map of the
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The river rises at around 1000 m in the Ligurian Alps, not faraway from Colle del Melogno, at the junction between rio Rivase and Rio Peccione, in the
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** Torrente Carbuta (watershed 6 km2): it comes from Pian dei Corsi and enters the Pora in
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(fishing rules for the stream) Rivers of Italy Rivers of Liguria Rivers of the Province of Savona Rivers of the Alps Drainage basins of the Ligurian Sea
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Geography
The river rises at around 1000 m in the Ligurian Alps, not faraway from Colle del Melogno, at the junction between rio Rivase and Rio Peccione, in the comune
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of Rialto. Flowing in the Valle Pora it passes through the comune
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of Calice Ligure
Calice Ligure ( lij, Carxi or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona.
Calice Ligure borders the following municipalities: Bormid ...
, where it receives from left the waters of torrente Carbuta. Heading south-east the Pora reaches Finlaborgo and gets its main tributary, torrente Aquila; a couple of km downstream it ends its course in the Ligurian Sea
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, after being crossed by the Genoa–Ventimiglia railway
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and the ''Aurelia'' national road.
Pora basin (59 km2) is totally included in the Province of Savona
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Main tributaries
* Left hand:
** Torrente Carbuta (watershed 6 km2): it comes from Pian dei Corsi and enters the Pora in Calice Ligure
Calice Ligure ( lij, Carxi or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona.
Calice Ligure borders the following municipalities: Bormid ...
;
** Torrente Aquila (watershed 21 km2): from Monte Alto (956 m) in heads South and crosses the comune of Orco Feglino
Orco Feglino ( lij, Orco Fëin) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about southwest of Genoa and about southwest of Savona in the upper valley of the Aquila stream. It consists of the ...
joining the Pora in Finalborgo;
* Right hand:
** Rio Ravin: comes from the SE slopes of Bric Gettina;
** Rio Molino.
See also
* List of rivers of ItalyReferences
External links
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(fishing rules for the stream) Rivers of Italy Rivers of Liguria Rivers of the Province of Savona Rivers of the Alps Drainage basins of the Ligurian Sea