Maira

Maira at Dronero

The Maira is a 120 km long right tributary of the Po, in the Italian provinces of Cuneo and Turin in the Piedmont region, and namesake of the carrying out of his mountain valley Valle Maira.

It rises 2600 meters below the 2641 m high Col de Maurin in the Cozie Alps on the border with France, flows a short distance to the south, then turns east to his after leaving the mountains to the northeast, and finally to the north confluence entgegenzustreben in the butt. The river serves in particular to its headwaters in addition to the power generation, white-water sports.

The flow regime of the Maira corresponds to a typical Torrente in the Alps: in the spring of the river carries the most water while it can dry out in the summer months. Over the year, the Maira reached an average discharge of 13.5 m / s

Places on the river

  • Po river system
  • River in Europe
  • River in the Piedmont
Province of Turin Cottian Alps Town River regime
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