Varatella

Varatella
Country Italy
Basin
Main source Ligurian Alps
170 m (560 ft)
River mouth Ligurian Sea in Borghetto Santo Spirito (SV, Italy)
0 m (0 ft)
44°06′43.2″N 8°14′45.6″E / 44.112000°N 8.246000°E / 44.112000; 8.246000 (Mediterranean Sea-Varatella)Coordinates: 44°06′43.2″N 8°14′45.6″E / 44.112000°N 8.246000°E / 44.112000; 8.246000 (Mediterranean Sea-Varatella)
Basin size 44 km2 (17 sq mi)[1]
Physical characteristics
Length 7 km (4.3 mi)[1]

The Varatella (or Varatello[2]) is a 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) stream of Liguria (Italy).

Geography

A bridge on the Varatella
The Varatella in Toirano

The river is formed at 170 m by the confluence of two streams, Rio della Valle and Rio di Carpe, in the comune of Toirano. The river then flows through the Valle Varatella and crosses the centre of Torirano, where it receives from right the waters of rio Barescione, its main tributary. Heading south-east the Varatella reaches Borghetto Santo Spirito and ends its course in the Ligurian Sea, after being crossed by Autostrada A10, Genoa–Ventimiglia railway and Aurelia national road.

Varatella basin (44 km2) is totally included in the Province of Savona.[3]

Main tributaries

Rio Barescione

References

  1. 1 2 (Italian)PIANO DI BACINO STRALCIO SUL RISCHIO IDROGEOLOGICO, Provincia di Savona, on-line in pdf: (access: 2015-10-09)
  2. Carta turistica ed escursionistica - Provincia di Savona - 1:50.000 map of Provincia di Savona
  3. 1:25.000 map of the Istituto Geografico Militare, on-line on www.pcn.minambiente.it/viewer

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