The Sesia is a river in north-western Italy

Italy

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, tributary to the Po

Po River

The Po |Ligurian]]: Bodincus or Bodencus) is a river that flows either or – considering the length of the Maira, a right bank tributary – eastward across northern Italy, from a spring seeping from a stony hillside at Pian del Re, a flat place at the head of the Val Po under the northwest face...

. Its sources are the glaciers of Monte Rosa

Monte Rosa

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 at the border with Switzerland

Switzerland

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. It flows through the Alpine valley Valsesia

Valsesia

Valsesia is a group of valleys in north-east of Piedmont in the Province of Vercelli, Italy; the principal valley is that of the river Sesia.The major cities are Varallo Sesia, Borgosesia, Serravalle Sesia; important touristic villages include Alagna Valsesia, Rima, Carcoforo, Scopello.-External...

 and the towns Varallo Sesia

Varallo Sesia

Varallo , commonly known as Varallo Sesia, is a comune and town of c. 7,400 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli in the Piedmont region of Italy...

, Quarona

Quarona

Quarona is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 50 km north of Vercelli, along the Sesia River.-External links:* *...

, Borgosesia

Borgosesia

Borgosesia is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 45 km north of Vercelli.The largest town in the Valsesia, it is crossed by the Sesia River....

 and Vercelli

Vercelli

Vercelli is a city and comune of about 47,000 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around the year 600 BC.The city is situated on the river Sesia in the plain of the river...

. The Sesia flows into the Po River near Casale Monferrato

Casale Monferrato

Casale Monferrato, population 36,058, is a town and comune in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy, part of the province of Alessandria. It is situated about 60 km east of Turin on the right bank of the Po, where the river runs at the foot of the Montferrato hills. Beyond the river lies the...

.

It is a popular river for kayak

Kayak

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ing and hosted the European championship in 2001 and the world championship in 2002.

See also

• Sesia (département), First French Empire
  First French Empire
  The First French Empire , also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France...