Breggia (river)

Breggia
The Breggia in Ticino
Data
Water code	CH : 54
location	Italy Lombardy Como Province Switzerland Ticino
River system	Po
Drain over	Lake Como  → Adda  → Po  → Mediterranean
source	between Monte Generoso and Monte d'Orimento above Erbonne 45 ° 57 ′ 2 ″  N , 9 ° 1 ′ 37 ″  E
Source height	approx.  1327  m slm
muzzle	between Tavernola (Como municipality) and Cernobbio in Lake Como Coordinates: 45 ° 50 ′ 3 ″  N , 9 ° 4 ′ 32 ″  E 45 ° 50 ′ 3 ″  N , 9 ° 4 ′ 32 ″  E
Mouth height	197  m slm
Height difference	approx. 1130 m
Bottom slope	approx. 49 ‰
length	approx. 23 km
Left tributaries	Vallaccia, Luasca
Right tributaries	Riale Pascoli, Faloppia
Medium-sized cities	Como
Communities	Breggia , Castel San Pietro , Morbio Inferiore , Balerna , Chiasso , Vacallo , Maslianico , Cernobbio
Bridge over the Breggia in Ticino

The Breggia is about 23 km long river in the Italian province of Como in the Region of Lombardy and in the District Mendrisio in the Swiss canton of Ticino .

course

The Breggia rises between Monte Generoso and Monte d'Orimento above Erbonne directly on the Swiss border. It runs primarily in a south-westerly direction through the Val Breggia and after about 3 kilometers forms the border with Switzerland. From here it forms the border for about a kilometer before it finally crosses into Swiss territory at the confluence of the Vallaccia brook .

It now flows through the wooded Muggio Valley and, after Muggio, takes the Luasca stream from the Val Luasca from the left . After its confluence, the Breggia forms the municipal boundary between Breggia and Castel San Pietro and flows past the hamlets of Cabbio , Bruzella and Caneggio in the municipality of Breggia. At Bruzella it takes up the Breggia from the Val della Crotta , a stream of the same name, which also rises in Italy. On the municipal boundary of Castel San Pietro and Morbio Inferiore , it enters a deep gorge in the Po Valley . Here you can find countless fossils as well as numerous other traces of the primeval seas. After 1.5 kilometers the gorge opens again at Balerna .

It now forms the border between Chiasso and Morbio Inferiore and takes on the Faloppia from the right , only to cross the border to Italy a little later. It now flows through Como and Canobbio for the last 3 kilometers and finally flows into the southern part of Lake Como . It drains an area of ​​around 90 square kilometers.

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
2. ↑ Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Table_13
3. ↑ Breggia Gorge at myswitzerland.com.

Web links

Commons : Breggia River  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Breggia (river) in elexikon.ch