The Torre (
Friulian: ''Tôr''; sl, Ter) is a river of the
Province of Udine
The province of Udine ( it, provincia di Udine, fur, provincie di Udin, sl, videmska pokrajina, Resian dialect, Resian: , german: Provinz Weiden) was a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous region Friuli-Venezia Giulia of Italy, borderi ...
in
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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, northeast
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 re ...
. It is the main right tributary of the
Isonzo; the Torre together with its own tributary the
Natisone
The Natisone ( fur, Nadison; sl, Nadiža; la, Natiso) is a river in Slovenia and Italy. It flows for some time as a border river between Slovenia and Italy, continues in Slovenia and then crosses the border and continues in Eastern Friuli, in no ...
drain a large part of the Isonzo
basin.
The river rises in the
Julian Prealps at around above sea level. It flows 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, relig ...
of
Tarcento Tarcento ( fur, Tarcint, sl, Čenta) is a small city, having become a city officially when the church was given back its rank of Duomo, cathedral, and ''comune'' (municipality) in the province of Udine, in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of north ...
and
Reana del Rojale
Reana del Rojale ( fur, Reane dal Roiâl) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about north of Udine
Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) ...
, where, as a result of the
karst
Karst is a topography formed from the dissolution of soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, and gypsum. It is characterized by underground drainage systems with sinkholes and caves. It has also been documented for more weathering-resistant ro ...
topography, it disappears underground. From close to the eastern periphery of the city of
Udine
Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is a city and ''comune'' in north-eastern Italy, in the middle of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region, between the Adriatic Sea and the Alps (''Alpi Carniche''). Its population was 100,514 in 2012, 176,000 with t ...
it follows a discontinuous course until joined by the Natisone near
Trivignano Udinese
Trivignano Udinese ( fur, Trivignan) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Udine in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southeast of Udine
Udine ( , ; fur, Udin; la, Utinum) is ...
.
From here it flows briefly in the
Province of Gorizia
The Province of Gorizia ( it, Provincia di Gorizia, fur, Provincie di Gurize; sl, Goriška pokrajina) was a province in the autonomous Friuli–Venezia Giulia region of Italy, which was disbanded on 30 September 2017.
Overview
Its capital was th ...
, receiving the
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 ...
Judrio
Idrija ( it, Judrio or ', fur, Judri, Venetian Slovene dialect ''Juruda'') is a border river between Slovenia and Italy. It separates the Gorizia Hills from the Slavia Friulana. It emerges under the Kolovrat ridge and flows southwest towa ...
from the left, before returning to the Province of Udine and flowing into the Isonzo.
Rivers of the Province of Gorizia
Rivers of the Province of Udine
Braided rivers in Italy
Rivers of Italy
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