Cenischia

Cenischia

Infobox_River
river_name = Cenischia


caption =
origin = Col du Mont Cenis
mouth = Dora Riparia, near Susa
coord|45|8|10|N|7|3|29|E|name=Dora Riparia-Cenischia|display=inline,title
basin_countries = France: department of Savoie
Italy: province of Turin
length = 60 km
elevation = c. 3,171 m
mouth_elevation =
discharge = 22.3 m³/s
watershed =

The Cenischia is a mountain torrent which straddles the south-west French department of Savoie and the north-west Italian Province of Turin. Part of the Po basin, it is a left tributary of the Dora Riparia and forms the valley called the Val Cenischia which marks the boundary between the Graian Alps to the the north and the Cottian Alps to the south.

The sources are in France near the Col du Mont Cenis (Italian: "Colle del Moncenisio"). Before crossing into Italy, the river is dammed to form the Lac du Montcenis which receives the water of a number of other torrents and is employed as a source of hydropower.

The Cenischia flows out of the reservoir near Grand-Croix and, having crossed into Italy, passes through the settlements of Moncenisio, Novalesa and Venaus before meeting the Dora Riparia at Susa.

Notes

* The initial version of this article was based upon a translation of [http://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cenischia&oldid=14748824 this version] of its counterpart in the Italian Wikipedia and checked against a map of the area.


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