Seveso River

The Seveso (; lmo, label= Lombard, Séves ) is a

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river that flows through the provinces of

Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label=Comasco dialect, Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; french: Côme) is a city and ''comune'' in Lombardy, Italy. It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como. Its proximity to Lake Como and ...

Monza e Brianza The province of Monza and Brianza ( it, provincia di Monza e della Brianza; lmo, label= Monzese, provincia de Monscia e de la Brianza) is an administrative province of Lombardy region, Italy. Description It was officially created by splittin ...

and

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

. It rises on Sasso di Cavallasca or

Monte Sasso Monte Sasso is a mountain of Lombardy, Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory large ...

Cavallasca Cavallasca was a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about west of Como, on the border with Switzerland. It's a frazione of San Fermo della Battaglia since 2017. As of ...

, near

San Fermo della Battaglia San Fermo della Battaglia is a (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about southwest of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 4,255 and an area of .All demogra ...

. From here its course runs through the

communes An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...

Montano Lucino Montano Lucino ( and in Comasco dialect, IPA phonetic pronunciation: /mũˈtãː/ and /lyˈʃĩː/) is an Italian town of 5,302 inhabitants in the province of Como in Lombardy. It is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Itali ...

, Grandate, Civello,

Casnate con Bernate Casnate con Bernate ( Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, about north of Milan and about south of Como. As of 1 January 2010, it had a population of 4,908 and an area of .A ...

, Portichetto,

Fino Mornasco Fino Mornasco ( Brianzöö: or simply ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about northwest of Milan and about southwest of Como. Fino Mornasco borders the following municipalities: ...

Cucciago Cucciago ( Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about south of Como. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 3,205 and an area of 5.0 ...

Vertemate con Minoprio Vertemate con Minoprio (Comasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, about north of Milan and about south of Como. Main sights *Abbey of San Giovanni a Vertemate, consecrated in 1096. The R ...

, Asnago,

Carimate Carimate ( Brianzöö: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about south of Como. As of 01 January 2021, it had a population of 4,405 and an area of .All demogra ...

, Cimnago,

Lentate sul Seveso Lentate sul Seveso is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan. Lentate sul Seveso borders the following municipalities: Mariano Comense, Carimate, Cermenate, No ...

, Camnago,

Barlassina Barlassina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and south of Como Como (, ; lmo, Còmm, label= Comasco , or ; lat, Novum Comum; rm, Com; frenc ...

Seveso Seveso (; lmo, label= Lombard, Séves ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Region of Lombardy. The economy of the town has traditionally been based on the furniture industry. Its name comes from the river of ...

Cesano Maderno Cesano Maderno (Milanese: Cesaa) is a town and ''comune'' of about 39,000 inhabitants in the province of Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, northern Italy. The town borders with the towns of Seveso in the north, in the south with Bovisio-Masciago, in th ...

, Binzago,

Bovisio-Masciago Bovisio-Masciago ( lmo, label= Brianzoeu, Bovis-Masciagh ), is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan. Geography Bovisio Masciago is located in the Po Valley, ...

Varedo Varedo (Milanese: Varee) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Monza and Brianza, in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan. Varedo borders the following municipalities: Desio, Bovisio-Masciago, Limbiate, Nova Mila ...

, Palazzolo Milanese,

Paderno Dugnano Paderno Dugnano (Milanese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in Lombardy, northern Italy. It is bounded by ''comuni'' of Senago, Limbiate, Varedo, Cusano Milanino, Cormano, Nova Milanese, Bollate, Novate Milanese, Ci ...

Cusano Milanino Cusano Milanino (local lmo, Cusan ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in Lombardy. Cusano Milanino is about 13 kilometers far from the center of Milan. It borders Paderno Dugnano, Cinisello Balsamo, Cormano and Bresso ...

Cormano Cormano (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan. Cormano borders the following municipalities: Paderno Dugnano, Bollate, Cusano Milanino, Bress ...

Bresso Bresso (Milanese: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Milan in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan. At the 2001 census the municipality had a population of 26,255 inhabitants and a population densit ...

. Finally, at Milan, it joins with the canal called the

Naviglio Martesana The Naviglio della Martesana ( lmo, Nivili de la Martexana or ''Martesanna'' ) is a canal in the Lombardy region, Northern Italy. Running from the Adda River, Italy, Adda river, in the vicinity of Trezzo sull'Adda, to Milan, it was also known as Na ...

which flows into the

Lambro The Lambro ( lmo, Lamber or ''Lambar'' ) is a river of Lombardy, northern Italy, a left tributary of the Po. The Lambro rises from the Monte San Primo, elevation , near the Ghisallo, in the province of Como, not far from Lake Como. After Magr ...

. The Seveso is sometimes called ''il fiume nero'', or “the black river” on account of the colour it acquires from industrial pollutants. The 'Oltreseveso' is the area in the north-west of Lombardy, (it is ‘oltre’ (beyond) the Seveso river). The beyond Seveso brianzolo, ( of Brianza), consists of the municipalities of Cermenate, Lazzate, Misinto, Cogliate, Ceriano Laghetto, Solaro and Limbiate. Rivers of Italy Rivers of the Province of Como Rivers of the Province of Monza and Brianza Rivers of the Province of Milan {{Italy-river-stub