Varaita Valley (in Italian Valle Varaita ) is a valley in south-west of Piedmont , in the Province of Cuneo - Italy .
4-675: It takes its name from the Varaita , a right-hand tributary of the Po which flows through the valley. Close the French border the valley is divided in two sub-valleys named Valle di Bellino (south) and Valle di Chianale (north), which meet near Casteldelfino . The municipalities of Varaita Valley are Bellino , Brossasco , Casteldelfino , Costigliole Saluzzo , Frassino , Isasca , Melle , Piasco , Pontechianale , Rossana , Sampeyre , Valmala , Venasca and Verzuolo . The most important mountains of
8-730: Is a 75-kilometre (47 mi) river of the Province of Cuneo in northwest Italy . It is the first right tributary of the Po River . The river springs at an elevation of some 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) on the slopes of Monviso , in the Cottian Alps near the French border , then proceeds through the valley named after it—the Valle Varaita —where it passes through centres including Frassino , Sampeyre , Brossasco and Costigliole Saluzzo . Having entered
12-567: The plains of the Po valley it joins the Po near Casalgrasso . The regime is typical of an Alpine torrent : the flow is at its greatest in spring and in autumn while being drastically reduced during the summer. The mean discharge at its confluence with the Po is about 12 cubic metres per second (420 cu ft/s). This article on a location in the Province of Cuneo is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to
16-682: The valley are the Monviso (3.841 m) and its subpeaks. Other relevant summits of the valley, all belonging to the Cottian Alps , are: The valley can be reached by car/bus from Po Plain following the strada provinciale della Valle Varaita ; it also can be accessed by the French region of Queyras by the Collle dell'Agnello , the third highest Alpine pass crossed by an asphalted road. Varaita The Varaita ( Italian pronunciation: [vaˈraita] ; Piedmontese : Vràita [ˈvrɑjta] ; Occitan : Varacho [vaˈɾatʃu] )
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