Stura di Demonte
| Stura di Demonte | ||
 The Stura di Demonte near its source in Val Stura near Pietraporzio |
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| Data | ||
| location | Province of Cuneo ( Piedmont region , Italy) | |
| River system | Po | |
| Drain over | Tanaro → Po → Adria | |
| source | near the Colle della Maddalena | |
| Source height | 1996 m slm | |
| muzzle | near Cherasco in the Tanaro coordinates: 44 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ N , 7 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E 44 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ N , 7 ° 53 ′ 0 ″ E
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| length | 110 km | |
| Catchment area | 1579 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
47 m³ / s |
| Right tributaries | Gesso | |
| Medium-sized cities | Cuneo | |
The Stura di Demonte is a 110 km long river in the Italian region of Piedmont .
It rises near the Colle della Maddalena (altitude: 1996 m) in the Maritime Alps . At its source is the Lago della Stura lake . After flowing through the Valle Stura di Demonte ( Stura Valley), the river enters the northern Italian plain before Cuneo . At Cuneo, the Gesso mountain stream flows into the Stura from the right, which even flows into the Tanaro at Cherasco .
Neighboring valleys are Valle Maira and Valle Grana in the north, and Valle Gesso in the southeast.
Web links
Commons : Stura di Demonte - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- On old smugglers' paths: In the beginning there was the sheep , article by Beate Wilms in the taz , November 12, 2008
- Valle di Stura: He walks with the wolf , article by Kurt F. de Swaaf in Spiegel Online , March 2, 2012