Orco
Sign in to saveThe Orco (, that is lit. Water of gold; ) is an Italian river. It originates in the Piedmontese slopes of Gran Paradiso and after about reaches the Po river near Chivasso, in the Metropolitan City of Turin. Its drainage basin is home to the most important complex of hydropower in Piedmont, consisting of six major dams (Agnel, Serrù, Ceresole Reale, Teleccio, Piantonetto, Valsoera), many smaller reservoirs and numerous turbines and power stations.
Key facts
- River.name
- Orco
- River.image
- Orco a rivarolo.jpg
- River.image_caption
- The Orco near Rivarolo Canavese
- River.source1_location
- Gran Paradiso
- River.mouth_location
- Po at Chivasso
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Italy
- River.source1_elevation
- about
- River.tributaries_left
- Piantonetto, Eugio, Ribordone, Soana, Piova, Malesina
- River.tributaries_right
- Gallenca
- River.map
- Orco (rivière).png
- River.map_caption
- Orco location
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The Orco (, that is lit. Water of gold; ) is an Italian river. It originates in the Piedmontese slopes of Gran Paradiso and after about reaches the Po river near Chivasso, in the Metropolitan City of Turin. Its drainage basin is home to the most important complex of hydropower in Piedmont, consisting of six major dams (Agnel, Serrù, Ceresole Reale, Teleccio, Piantonetto, Valsoera), many smaller reservoirs and numerous turbines and power stations.
The Orco is known also for its gold-bearing sand, extracted already in antiquity. Even today there is a certain activity, on an amateur level, searching for grains of gold.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orco” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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