Cassarate (river)

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Cassarate
The Cassarate in Lugano

The Cassarate in Lugano

Data
Water code CH : 64
location Switzerland
River system Po
Drain over Tresa  → Ticino  → Po  → Mediterranean
source above Bogno
46 ° 5 ′ 10 ″  N , 9 ° 5 ′ 20 ″  E
Source height approx.  1535  m above sea level M.
muzzle in Lugano in the Lago di Lugano coordinates: 46 ° 0 '7 "  N , 8 ° 57' 43"  E ; CH1903:  717 994  /  95629 46 ° 0 '7 "  N , 8 ° 57' 43"  O
Mouth height 271  m above sea level M.
Height difference approx. 1264 m
Bottom slope approx. 74 ‰
length 17 km
Catchment area 76.17 km²
Discharge  at the mouth of the
A Eo : 76.17 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		2.55 m³ / s
33.5 l / (s km²)
Medium-sized cities Lugano
Communities Capriasca , Canobbio

The Cassarate is a 17-kilometer tributary of Lake Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino . It drains the Val Colla , runs along its entire course of the river in the municipal area of Lugano and partially forms its border with Capriasca and Canobbio . The river drains an area of ​​around 76 square kilometers and has an average discharge of around 2.6 m³ / s.

course

The Cassarate rises below the hut Capanna San Lucio directly on the border with Italy and flows to Lugaggia in a south-westerly direction. Here it picks up the Capriasca stream from the right and now flows south. It flows through the city of Lugano in a canalised manner and finally flows into Lake Lugano.

Mouth of the Cassarate into Lake Lugano

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  2. ↑ Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Table_13
  3. ↑ a b Modeled mean annual discharge. In: Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Retrieved August 30, 2017 .