Ticino (river)

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Ticino
(German Ticino)
Ticino near Claro above Bellinzona

Ticino near Claro above Bellinzona

Data
Water code CH : 56
location Switzerland

Italy

River system Po
Drain over Po  → Adriatic
source northeast of the Nufenen Pass
46 ° 29 ′ 11 ″  N , 8 ° 24 ′ 15 ″  E
Source height 2536  m above sea level M.
muzzle in the Po near Pavia Coordinates: 45 ° 8 ′ 36 "  N , 9 ° 13 ′ 36"  E 45 ° 8 ′ 36 "  N , 9 ° 13 ′ 36"  E
Mouth height 50  m slm
Height difference 2486 m
Bottom slope 10 ‰
length 248 km 
91 km of which in Switzerland
Catchment area 7228 km²
Discharge at the Bellinzona
A Eo gauge : 1517 km² 		NNQ (December 1986)
MNQ 1921–2016
MQ 1921–2016
Mq 1921–2016
 MHQ 1921–2016
HHQ (September 1927) 		10.6 m³ / s
33.2 m³ / s
67.9 m³ / s
44.8 l / (s km²)
 107 m³ / s
1500 m³ / s
Drain MQ
 348 m³ / s
Left tributaries Brenno , Moësa
Right tributaries Maggia , Verzasca , Toce
Flowing lakes Lake Maggiore

The Ticino ( Italian Ticino , Lombard Tesín, Tisín [ teˈzin tiˈzin ], in antiquity Ticinus ) is a left tributary of the Po , which flows from Switzerland to northern Italy . He gave the canton of Ticino its name.

The Ticino rises at the Nufenen Pass southwest of the Gotthard massif and flows through the Bedretto valley , the Leventina , the Riviera and the Magadino plain , one after the other , before flowing into Lake Maggiore (Lake Long) at Tenero .

On the Italian side, it leaves the lake at Sesto Calende and flows through the Po Valley , where it flows into the Po southeast of Pavia .

Its length is 248 km, the catchment area 7,228 square kilometers. The main tributaries are the Brenno , Moësa , Maggia and Toce .

On the banks of the river, probably near Vigevano , around 25 km northwest of Pavia, was found in 218 BC. The battle on the Ticinus between the Romans and the Carthaginian general Hannibal took place.

  • The Ticino in the upper reaches

  • Ticino estuary into Lake Maggiore

  • The Ponte Coperto over the Ticino in Pavia

Web links

Commons : Ticino (river)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  2. ↑ Evaluations of the water network. (XLSX) FOEN , December 2013, accessed on August 9, 2017 (listing of Swiss rivers> 30km).
  3. ↑ Bellinzona measuring station 1921–2016 (PDF) Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
  4. ↑ Lessico dialettale della Svizzera italiana , Volume 5, p. 495.