- Cenischia
Infobox_River
river_name = Cenischia
caption =
origin =Col du Mont Cenis
mouth =Dora Riparia , nearSusa
coord|45|8|10|N|7|3|29|E|name=Dora Riparia-Cenischia|display=inline,title
basin_countries =France : department of SavoieItaly :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 ItalianProvince of Turin . Part of thePo basin , it is a left tributary of theDora Riparia and forms the valley called theVal Cenischia which marks the boundary between theGraian Alps to the the north and theCottian 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 theLac du Montcenis which receives the water of a number of other torrents and is employed as a source ofhydropower .The Cenischia flows out of the reservoir near
Grand-Croix and, having crossed into Italy, passes through the settlements of Moncenisio,Novalesa andVenaus before meeting theDora Riparia atSusa .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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