File:Orta_veduta.jpg · Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Location
- Piedmont
- Primary inflows
- underground springs , Scarpia, Pellino, Plesna, Qualba, Fiumetta, Pescone
- Primary outflows
- Nigoglia
- Catchment area
- 116 km (45 sq mi)
- Basin countries
- Italy
- Max length
- 13.4 km (8.3 mi)
- Max width
- 2.5 km (1.6 mi)
- Surface area
- 18.2 km (7.0 sq mi)
- Average depth
- 71.6 m (235 ft)
- Max depth
- 143 m (469 ft)
- Water volume
- 1.3 km (1,100,000 acre⋅ft)
- Residence time
- 8.9 years
- Surface elevation
- 290 m (950 ft)
- Islands
- Isola San Giulio
- Settlements
- Gozzano , Miasino , Nonio , Omegna , Orta San Giulio , Pella , Pettenasco , San Maurizio d'Opaglio
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lake
- Named after
- Orta San Giulio
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Piedmont
- Area
- 18.2
- Elevation
- 290
- Image
- Lago d'Orta.jpg
- Width
- 2.5
- Length
- 13.4
Show 10 more facts
- watershed area
- 116
- Commons category
- Lago d'Orta
- Commons gallery
- Lago d'Orta
- outflows
- Nigoglia
- residence time of water
- 10.7
- vertical depth
- 143
- mountain range
- Alps
- basin country
- Italy
- topic's main category
- Category:Lake Orta
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
~2 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Lake Orta (Italian: Lago d'Orta; Lombard and Piedmontese: Lagh d'Òrta) or Cusio (Lombard and Piedmontese: Cusi; Latin: Lacus Cusius) is a lake in northern Italy, west of Lake Maggiore.
Until the 16th century it was called Lago di San Giulio, after Saint Julius of Novara (4th century), the patron saint of the region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lake Orta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.