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Olona
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Also known as Olona river

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.

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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Wikidata facts

Image
Olona a valle del castello di Legnano (2).jpg
Length
71
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Commons category
Olona
Commons gallery
Olona
watershed area
911
discharge
6.9
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Article

33 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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