The Soana is a small
torrent
Torrent or torrents may refer to:
* A fast flowing stream
Animals
* Torrent duck, a species of the family Anatidae
* Torrent fish
* Torrent frog, various unrelated frogs
* Torrent robin, a bird species
* Torrent salamander, a family of s ...
of the
Province of Turin,
Piedmont
it, Piemontese
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in north-west
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 largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
, draining a basin of some . Its headwaters are above
Pianprato, in
Valprato Soana, where a number of smaller torrents converge. It is the principal tributary of the
Orco
The Orco ( pms, Eva d'òr, that is lit. ''Water of gold''; la, Orgus) is an Italian river. It originates in the Piedmontese slopes of Gran Paradiso and after about reaches the Po river near Chivasso, in the Metropolitan City of Turin. Its drai ...
, which it joins at
Pont Canavese
Pont Canavese is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about north of Turin. It occupies a small fluvial plain between the rivers Orco and Soana: its names (''Pont'', derived from t ...
.
References
External links
* http://www.fiumi.com/acque/index.php?id_g=3024
* http://www.okadventure.it/soana.htm
Bacino idrografico del Torrente Orco: analisi integrata evento-fenomeno-danno
Rivers of the Province of Turin
Canavese
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of the Alps
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