The Versa, a left tributary of the

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, is a

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in the

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in north-west Italy. It is the river of the valley called

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. In 1836 the Versa was identified, along with the

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, the Grana, the

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and the

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, as one of the five torrents of the still extant

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. Its source is a little to the north of

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near the border with the

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. After a generally southerly course of 35 kilometres it enters the Tanaro just to the east of

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.Valleversa.it,
Il torrente Versa
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that is a tributary of the Po.

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