Olona
Sign in to savethumb|Olona river in Castiglione Olona The Olona (Western Lombard: Ulona, Urona or Uòna) is an Italian river belonging to the Po Basin, long, that runs through the Province of Varese and Metropolitan City of Milan whose course is developed entirely in Lombardy.
Key facts
- River.name
- Olona
- River.image
- Olona a valle del castello di Legnano (2).jpg
- River.image_caption
- The Olona river in Legnano
- River.pushpin_map
- Italy
- River.pushpin_map_size
- 300
- River.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of the mouth of Olona river in Italy
- River.pushpin_map_alt
- Map showing the location of the river mouth in Italy
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Italy
- River.subdivision_type2
- Regions
- River.subdivision_name2
- Lombardy
- River.subdivision_type3
- Provinces
- River.subdivision_name3
- Province of VareseMetropolitan City of Milan
- River.source1
- Rasa di Varese
- River.source1_location
- Varese, Lombardy, Italy
- River.mouth
- Lambro Meridionale
- River.mouth_location
- Milan, Lombardy, Italy
- River.progression
- Lambro Meridionale→ Lambro→
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Article
33 sectionsContents
- Physical geography
- Sources
- Path
- Basin
- Original bed and the two Olona
- Detour to Milan
- Origins of the name
- History
- From prehistory to the Middle Ages
- From the Renaissance to the 17th century
- From the 18th to the 21st century
- Cartography
- Water
- Regime of the river
- Tributaries and trough
- Floods and leans
- Artificial derivations
- Water quality and purifiers
- The nature
- Flora
- Fauna
- Anthropic geography
- Municipalities crossed
- Seaworthiness and fishing
- Infrastructures and projects
- Interesting sites
- Water mills
- Industrial archeology
- Parks
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
thumb|Olona river in Castiglione Olona The Olona (Western Lombard: Ulona, Urona or Uòna) is an Italian river belonging to the Po Basin, long, that runs through the Province of Varese and Metropolitan City of Milan whose course is developed entirely in Lombardy.
The river born at 548 meters above sea level in the Fornaci della Riana locality at the Rasa of Varese, at the Sacro Monte di Varese, within the Campo dei Fiori Regional Park. After crossing the Valle Olona and the Alto Milanese, the Olona reaches Rho where it pours part of its water into the Canale Scolmatore Nord Ovest. After passing Pero, the river enters in Milan, where, at the exit of its underground route, it flows into the Lambro Meridionale, that flows into the Lambro at Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, in the quartier of San Cristoforo ending its course. Along the way, the water system formed by the Olona and the Lambro Meridionale crosses or laps 45 towns receiving the water of 19 tributaries.