The Polcevera (in
Ligurian ''Pûçéivia'' or ''Ponçéivia'') is a river in
Liguria
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Italy
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).
Geography
The river is named the Polcevera from
Pontedecimo
Pontedecimo is a district on the far northern outskirts of the Italian
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, at the
confluence of the Torrente Riccò (left-hand) and torrente Verde (right-hand). Between Pontedecimo and the Ligurian Sea, the Polcevera is long, but its total length including the Torrente Verde is .
From Pontedecimo the Polcevera heads south, and at
Bolzaneto
Bolzaneto is a quarter of the city of Genoa, in northwest Italy, and is part of the Municipality Valpolcevera of Genoa.
Geography
Bolzaneto was once a hamlet located outside of the city limits in the Polcevera valley, but in the recent centuries ...
it receives the waters of the Torrente Secca, another important left-hand tributary. After being crossed by the , a motorway bridge that partially collapsed in August 2018, it ends its course in the
Ligurian Sea
The Ligurian Sea ( it, Mar Ligure; french: Mer Ligurienne; lij, Mâ Ligure) is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea. It lies between the Italian Riviera (Liguria) and the island of Corsica. The sea is thought to have been named after the ancient ...
between
Sampierdarena
Sampierdarena (also San Pier d'Arena; Ligurian: San Pè d'ænn-a) is a major port and industrial area of Genoa, in northwest Italy. With San Teodoro it forms the West Central (Centro Ovest) ''municipio''.
Geography
Sampierdarena lies on t ...
and
Cornigliano
Cornigliano, also called Cornigliano Ligure (to distinguish it from similar namesake Corigliano; lij, Cornigén) is a western quarter of the Italian city of Genoa.
Geography
Cornigliano lies on the coast about 7 kilometres west of the center ...
, two of
Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of ...
.
The
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
of the Polcevera is totally included in the
Province of Genova. Its highest point is
Monte Taccone (1,113 m).
Main tributaries
*
Left hand:
** torrente Riccò,
** torrente Secca,
** torrente Geminiano (or ''Goresina''),
** torrente Torbella.
* Right hand:
** torrente Verde,
** torrente Burba,
** torrente Trasta,
** torrente Fegino (or ''Pianego'').
History
The ''Département du Polcevera'' or ''Dipartimento della Polcevera'' of
Ligurian Republic
The Ligurian Republic ( it, Repubblica Ligure, lij, Repubbrica Ligure) was a French client republic formed by Napoleon on 14 June 1797. It consisted of the old Republic of Genoa, which covered most of the Ligurian region of Northwest Italy, and ...
took its name at the end of the 18th century from the stream.
Photo gallery
File:Genova Pontedecimo Polcevera.jpg, Pontedecimo: the confluence of the Torrente Verde (left) and Riccò (right)
File:Panorama_Valpolcevera_da_Murta.jpg, The Polcevera Valley
File:Ponte Morandi.jpg, The Viadotto Polcevera, a motorway bridge over the Polcevera that partially collapsed in 2018
File:Genova foce Polcevera.jpg, The mouth of the Polcevera; in the background is the Port of Genoa
The Port of Genoa it is one of the most important seaports in Italy, in competition with the ports of Marseille and Barcelona in the Mediterranean Sea. With a trade volume of 51.6 million tonnes, it is the busiest port of Italy after the port of ...
See also
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Val Polcevera
Val Polcevera is one of the main valleys crossing Genoa, taking its name from the eponymous river. It is one of two valleys bordering the historic core of the city, along with Val Bisagno
Val may refer to: Val-a
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List of rivers of Italy
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References
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of Liguria
Rivers of the Province of Genoa
Rivers of the Apennines
Drainage basins of the Ligurian Sea
Metropolitan City of Genoa
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