The Gorzente is an Apennine

Apennine mountains

The Apennines or Apennine Mountains or Greek oros but just as often used alone as a noun. The ancient Greeks and Romans typically but not always used "mountain" in the singular to mean one or a range; thus, "the Apennine mountain" refers to the entire chain and is translated "the Apennine...

 torrent of the Po basin in north-west Italy

Italy

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. A tributary of the Piota

Piota

The Piota is an Apennine torrent in the Province of Alessandria, north-west Italy. It passes through the territory of the communes ofBosio, Casaleggio Boiro, Lerma, Tagliolo Monferrato, Silvano d'Orba and Rocca Grimalda...

, it flows through the territory of the communes of Campomorone

Campomorone

Campomorone is a comune in the Province of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about 10 km north of Genoa.Campomorone borders the following municipalities: Bosio, Ceranesi, Fraconalto, Genoa, Mignanego, and Voltaggio....

, Bosio

Bosio

Bosio is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km southeast of Alessandria....

, Mornese

Mornese

Mornese is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 100 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km southeast of Alessandria....

, Casaleggio Boiro

Casaleggio Boiro

Casaleggio Boiro is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 35 km south of Alessandria...

, Lerma

Lerma

Lerma is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 30 km south of Alessandria....

 and Tagliolo Monferrato

Tagliolo Monferrato

Tagliolo Monferrato is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 30 km south of Alessandria...

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The source, on the border between Piedmont

Piedmont

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 and Liguria

Liguria

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, is Lago Bruno which, at an elevation of 646 metres above sea level, is the lowest of the three linked Laghi del Gorzente

Laghi del Gorzente

Laghi del Gorzente is a group of three lakes in north-west Italy which straddles the provinces of Genoa and Alessandria ....

. Its upper course takes the Gorzente in a north-westerly direction through the wild and uninhabited landscape between Monte delle Figne

Monte delle Figne

Monte delle Figne is a mountain in Liguria, northern Italy, part of the Ligurian Appennines. It is located in the provinces of Genoa and Alessandria. It lies at an altitude of 1172 metres.-References:...

 (1172 m) and Monte Tobbio, which for the most part falls within the Parco Regionale delle Capanne di Marcarolo, until it is dammed to form the two lakes known as the Laghi di Lavagnina

Laghi di Lavagnina

Laghi di Lavagnina are two artificial lakes in the municipalities of Casaleggio Boiro, Mornese and Bosio in the Province of Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy....

. From here its course turns to the west and the river flows into the Piota

Piota

The Piota is an Apennine torrent in the Province of Alessandria, north-west Italy. It passes through the territory of the communes ofBosio, Casaleggio Boiro, Lerma, Tagliolo Monferrato, Silvano d'Orba and Rocca Grimalda...

 at Case Possidenti, a locality of Tagliolo Monferrato

Tagliolo Monferrato

Tagliolo Monferrato is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km southeast of Turin and about 30 km south of Alessandria...

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