Soana (stream)
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The Soana is a small 24 km torrent of the Province of Turin
, Piedmont
in north-west Italy
, draining a basin of some 216 square kilometre. Its headwaters are above Pianprato, in Valprato Soana
, where a number of smaller torrents converge. It is the principal tributary of the Orco
, which it joins at Pont Canavese.
Province of Turin
The Province of Turin is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Turin.It has an area of 6,830 km², and a total population of 2,277,686 . There are 315 comuni in the province – the most of any province in Italy...
, Piedmont
Piedmont
Piedmont is one of the 20 regions of Italy. It has an area of 25,402 square kilometres and a population of about 4.4 million. The capital of Piedmont is Turin. The main local language is Piedmontese. Occitan is also spoken by a minority in the Occitan Valleys situated in the Provinces of...
in north-west Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, draining a basin of some 216 square kilometre. Its headwaters are above Pianprato, in Valprato Soana
Valprato Soana
Valprato Soana is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 50 km north of Turin, in Val Soana, included in the Gran Paradiso National Park. It borders the municipalities Cogne, Champorcher, Ronco Canavese, Traversella and Vico Canavese....
, where a number of smaller torrents converge. It is the principal tributary of the Orco
Orco
The Orco is an Italian river. It originates in the glaciers of the Piedmontese slopes of Gran Paradiso, and after about 90 km reaches the Po River near Chivasso...
, which it joins at Pont Canavese.