Poschiavino
Sign in to savePoschiavino is an long river that rises in the Swiss canton of Graubünden and flows into the Italian province of Sondrio. The majority of the river is in Switzerland, with just in Italy.
Key facts
- River.name
- Poschiavino
- River.image
- Picswiss GR-87-25 Poschiavino in Poschiavo.jpg
- River.image_size
- 180
- River.image_caption
- Poschiavino at Poschiavo
- River.mouth
- Adda
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Switzerland, Italy
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Wikidata facts
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- mouth of the watercourse
- Adda
- waterbody number
- CH/79
- Commons category
- Poschiavino
- lake on watercourse
- Lago di Poschiavo
- watershed area
- 237.96
- discharge
- 3.5
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Hydrology and catchment
- Environment
- Hydropower scheme
- References
Poschiavino is an long river that rises in the Swiss canton of Graubünden and flows into the Italian province of Sondrio. The majority of the river is in Switzerland, with just in Italy.
The source of the river lies at above sea level in the Rhaetian Alps, close to the Livigno Pass. From here the river flows south through the upper Val Poschiavo, past the settlements of La Rösa, Poschiavo and Le Prese, before entering the long Lago di Poschiavo. Below the lake, the river passes the settlements of Brusio and Campocologno before crossing the border into Italy. It flows into the Adda in Tirano, at above sea level. The water of the river and its tributaries is used to power several hydro-electric plants owned by Repower AG.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poschiavino” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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