Ticino (river)
Ticino (German Ticino) |
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Ticino near Claro above Bellinzona |
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Water code | CH : 56 | |
location | Switzerland | |
River system | Po | |
Drain over | Po → Adriatic | |
source | northeast of the Nufenen Pass 46 ° 29 ′ 11 ″ N , 8 ° 24 ′ 15 ″ E |
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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 |
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Mouth height | 50 m slm | |
Height difference | 2486 m | |
Bottom slope | 10 ‰ | |
length | 248 km | |
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 Ponte Coperto over the Ticino in Pavia
Web links
- Ruggero Crivelli: Ticino (river). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Ticino (river) on ethorama.library.ethz.ch/de/node
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
- ↑ Evaluations of the water network. (XLSX) FOEN , December 2013, accessed on August 9, 2017 (listing of Swiss rivers> 30km).
- ↑ Bellinzona measuring station 1921–2016 (PDF) Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
- ↑ Lessico dialettale della Svizzera italiana , Volume 5, p. 495.