Lemme
| Lemme | |
|---|---|
 The stream near Voltaggio | |
 Location within the SE Piedmont | |
| Location | |
| Country | Italy (Piedmont, Province of Alessandria) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Monte Calvo |
| • elevation | 750 m (2,460 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | The Orba at Predosa |
• coordinates | 44°45′53″N 8°40′22″E / 44.7648°N 8.6729°E |
| Length | 34.3 km (21.3 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 180.5 km2 (69.7 sq mi)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | (mouth) 3.1 m3/s (110 cu ft/s)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Orba→ Bormida→ Tanaro→ Po→ Adriatic Sea |
The Lemme is a 35 km torrent, a right tributary of the Orba, which flows through the Province of Alessandria in northern Italy.
Geography[edit]
Its source is near Monte Calvo; from there it passes through the communes of Fraconalto, Voltaggio, Carrosio, Gavi, San Cristoforo, Francavilla Bisio, Basaluzzo and finally Predosa where it enters the Orba.
Main tributaries[edit]
left hand tributaries[edit]
- rio delle Acque Striate;
- rio Morsone: it starts near Monte Tobbio and meets the Lemme in Voltaggio;
- rio Ardana: its upper valley includes Bosio, from which flows northwards meeting the Lemme in Gavi;
- rio Riolo: from San Cristoforo it runs not faraway from the Lemme meeting it near its confluence with the Orba.[3]
right hand tributaries[edit]
- rio Carbonasca: from Fraconalto goes till Voltaggio where it meets the Lemme;
- torrente Neirone:
- torrente Riasco: it collects the waters flowing in the area of Pasturana and Tassarolo and meets the Lemme near Francavilla Bisio.[3]
Floods[edit]
The Lemme is characterised by an extremely variable discharge; very little water flows during the summer months, but it can also give rise to significant floods, such as those of 1978.
History[edit]
The Département du Lemo or Dipartimento del Lemo of Ligurian Republic took its name at the end of the 18th century from the stream.[4]
References[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lemme.
- ^ AA.VV. (2004). "Elaborato I.c/5". Piano di Tutela delle Acque - Revisione del 1º luglio 2004; Caratterizzazione bacini Idrografici (PDF). Regione Piemonte. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
- ^ a b AA.VV. (2004). "Elaborato I.c/7". Piano di Tutela delle Acque - Revisione del 1º luglio 2004; Caratterizzazione bacini Idrografici (PDF). Regione Piemonte. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
- ^ a b Carta Tecnica Regionale raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0); publisher:Regione Piemonte - 2007
- ^ Gazzetta universale (in Italian). 1797. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
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