Pora (river)

The Pora (or Porra[3]) is a 15-kilometre (9.3 mi) stream of Liguria (Italy).

For the Italian monuntain, see Monte Pora.
Pora
The Pora near its mouth
Location
CountryItaly
Physical characteristics
Source 
 ⁃ locationLigurian Alps
 ⁃ elevation1,000 m (3,300 ft)
MouthLigurian Sea
 ⁃ location
Finale Ligure (SV)
 ⁃ coordinates
44°10′02″N 8°20′29″E
 ⁃ elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Length15 km (9.3 mi)[1]
Basin size59 km2 (23 sq mi)[2]

Geography
The stream near Rialto
The Pora in Finalborgo

The river rises at around 1000 m in the Ligurian Alps, not faraway from Colle del Melogno, at the jonction between rio Rivase and Rio Peccione, in the comune of Rialto. Flowing in the Valle Pora it passes through the comune of Calice Ligure, where it receives from left the waters of torrente Carbuta. Heading south-east the Pora reaches Finlaborgo and gets its main tributary, torrente Aquila; a couple of km downstream it ends its course in the Ligurian Sea, after being crossed by the Genoa–Ventimiglia railway and the Aurelia national road.

Pora basin (59 km2) is totally included in the Province of Savona

Main tributaries
Torrente Aquila.
  • Left hand:
    • Torrente Carbuta (watershed 6 km2): it comes from Pian dei Corsi and enters the Pora in Calice Ligure;
    • Torrente Aquila (watershed 21 km2): from Monte Alto (956 m) in heads South and crosses the comune of Orco Feglino joining the Pora in Finalborgo;
  • Right hand:
    • Rio Ravin: comes from the SE slopes of Bric Gettina;
    • Rio Molino.

See also

References
  1. (in Italian)INTERVENTI PER LA MESSA IN SICUREZZA DEL T. PORA TRA IL PONTE DI VIA SAGITTARIO E LA FOCE, Comune di Finale Ligure, on-line in pdf: "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2015-05-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (access: 2015-05-22)
  2. (in Italian)PIANO DI BACINO STRALCIO SUL RISCHIO IDROGEOLOGICO, Provincia di Savona, on-line in pdf: "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2015-05-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) (access: 2015-05-22)
  3. 1:25.000 map of the Istituto Geografico Militare, on-line version:www.pcn.minambiente.it

Media related to Pora at Wikimedia Commons

  • (in Italian) Torrente Pora www.fipsas.it (fishing rules for the stream)
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