Malone (river)

Malone
The creek near Front
Origin	Monte Soglio, Torinese prealps
Mouth	Po at Brandizzo, near Chivasso
Basin countries	Italy
Length	40 km
Source elevation	1,971 m
Avg. discharge	8.8 m³/s

The Malone is a short (40 km) torrente of Piedmont in north Italy, a left side tributary of the river Po which flows through the Canavese.

The river’s source is at Monte Soglio from which it falls rapidly through the communes of Corio, Rocca Canavese, Barbania and Front (TO), growing in force as it receives contributions from streams descending from the Riserva Naturale della Vauda nature reserve on its right bank.The Malone then runs past Rivarossa, Lombardore, San Benigno Canavese then arrives at Brandizzo (near Chivasso) where it enters the Po.

The Italian word torrente, translated as torrent, or stream, refers to a river in which the flow is subject to a wide and broadly predictable seasonal variation. Torrents often dry up in summer. The Malone in full flood, however, can be genuinely “torrential” in the normal English sense of the word. The mean discharge of 8.8 m³/s can increase a hundredfold and cause great damage, as happened in the flood of October 2000.

References

This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the Italian Wikipedia.

Malone creek after heavvy rains in Brandizzo (autumn 2010)

Coordinates: 45°11′N 7°52′E / 45.183°N 7.867°E / 45.183; 7.867