Malone
The creek near Front
Location
CountryItaly
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationMonte Soglio, Graian Alps
  elevation1,971 m (6,467 ft)
Mouth 
  location
Po at Brandizzo, near Chivasso
  coordinates
45°10′44″N 7°51′42″E / 45.1788°N 7.8618°E / 45.1788; 7.8618
Length47.7 km (29.6 mi)[1]
Basin size360.8 km2 (139.3 sq mi)[2]
Discharge 
  average6.8 m3/s (240 cu ft/s)[2]
Basin features
ProgressionPoAdriatic Sea

Malone is a 48-kilometre (30 mi) long stream (torrente) of the Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont, north-western Italy. It is a left side tributary of the river Po which flows through the Canavese.

Geography

The river's source is at Monte Soglio from which it falls quickly and 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.

Regime

Malone creek after heavy rains in Brandizzo (autumn 2010)

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 around 7 cubic metres per second (250 cu ft/s) can increase a hundredfold and cause great damage, as happened in the flood of October 2000.

References

  1. AA.VV. (2004). "Elaborato I.c/5". Piano di Tutela delle Acque - Revisione del 1º luglio 2004; Caratterizzazione bacini Idrografici (PDF). Regione Piemonte. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
  2. 1 2 AA.VV. (2004). "Elaborato I.c/7". Piano di Tutela delle Acque - Revisione del 1º luglio 2004; Caratterizzazione bacini Idrografici (PDF). Regione Piemonte. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2012-06-09.

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