Seveso River

Infobox River
river_name = Seveso

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origin = Cavallasca on Monte Sasso, Province of Como, Lombardy
mouth = the Naviglio Martesana canal in Milan
basin_countries =Italy
length = 55 km
elevation = 490 m
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discharge = 1.8 m²/s
watershed = 930 km²The Seveso is a 55 km Italian river, which flows through the provinces of Como, Monza e Brianza and Milan. It rises at Cavallasca on Monte Sasso, to the west of Como and close to the border with the Swiss canton Ticino. From here its course runs through the communes of San Fermo della Battaglia, Montano Lucino, Grandate, Civello, Casnate con Bernate, Portichetto, Fino Mornasco, Cucciago, Vertemate con Minoprio, Asnago, Carimate, Cimnago, Lentate sul Seveso, Camnago, Barlassina, Seveso, Cesano Maderno, Binzago, Bovisio-Masciago, Varedo, Palazzolo Milanese, Paderno Dugnano, Cusano Milanino, Cormano, Bresso. Finally, at Milan, it joins with the canal called the Naviglio Martesana which flows into the Lambro.

The Seveso is sometimes called "il fiume nero", or “the black river” on account of the colour it acquires from industrial pollutants.

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