Ellero

{{Infobox river | name = Ellero | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology =  | image = Ellero_pian_marchisio.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = The Ellero near its source | map = Ellero.png | map_size = 280 | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption=  | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Italy]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Regions of Italy|Region]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Piedmont]] | subdivision_type3 = [[Provinces of Italy|Province]] | subdivision_name3 = [[Province of Cuneo]] | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 =  | length = {{convert|34.6|km|mi|adj=on}}<ref name=PTA_al5 /> | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= near [[Bastia Mondovì]] | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = 5.2<ref name=PTA_al7> {{cite book |author= AA.VV. | language = it |title= Piano di Tutela delle Acque - Revisione del 1º luglio 2004; Caratterizzazione bacini Idrografici |url= http://www.regione.piemonte.it/ambiente/acqua/dwd/PTA/e_allegati_tecnici/I/Ic07.pdf |format= pdf |access-date= 2010-04-01 |date= 2004-07-01 |publisher= Regione Piemonte |chapter= Elaborato I.c/7 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160303033444/http://www.regione.piemonte.it/ambiente/acqua/dwd/PTA/e_allegati_tecnici/I/Ic07.pdf |archivedate= 2016-03-03 }} </ref> | discharge1_max =  | source1 = Pian Marchisio | source1_location = [[Ligurian Alps]] | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = [[Tanaro]] | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|44.4431|7.8856|type:river_region:IT|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = {{RTanaro}} | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|197.45|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} <ref name=PTA_al5 /> | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = Maudagna | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}

The '''Ellero''' is a {{convert|34.6|km|mi|adj=on}}<ref name=PTA_al5> {{cite book |author= AA.VV. | language = it |title=Piano di Tutela delle Acque - Revisione del 1º luglio 2004; Caratterizzazione bacini idrografici |url= http://www.regione.piemonte.it/ambiente/acqua/dwd/PTA/e_allegati_tecnici/I/Ia05.pdf |format= pdf |access-date= 2010-04-01 |date= 2004-07-01 |publisher= Regione Piemonte |chapter= Elaborato I.c/5 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120225054248/http://www.regione.piemonte.it/acqua/pianoditutela/allegati_tec/dwd/1/a/1_a-5.pdf |archivedate= 2012-02-25 }}</ref> long [[river]] in northwestern [[Italy]] ([[Piedmont]]).

== Geography == The river is a tributary to the river [[Tanaro River|Tanaro]], which is a tributary of the river [[Po River|Po]]. Its source is in ''Pian Marchisio'', a large plateau of the [[Ligurian Alps]]. It flows northwards digging the ''Valle Ellero'', which ends in the [[Po plain]] near [[Roccaforte Mondovì]].<ref name=vallicn>{{cite web | url = https://cuneotrekking.com/zona/valle-ellero/ | title = Escursioni in valle Ellero | language = it | access-date = 2020-02-01 | publisher = Cuneotrekking }}</ref> The Ellero then follows its course through the plain turning NE, crosses [[Villanova Mondovì]] (where it gets from [[right hand]] the [[Maudagna]], its main tributary) and then after [[Mondovì]], with some [[meander]]s, reaches [[Bastia Mondovì]] where it joins the river [[Tanaro]].

===Main tributaries=== {{stack|[[File:2618MondoviTorrenteEllero.jpg|thumb|upright|The Ellero in [[Mondovì]]]]}} *Left hand side: ** torrente Lurisia, that crosses the village of [[Lurisia]]. *Right hand side: ** torrente [[Maudagna]], ** torrente Ermena, which reaches the Ellero in [[Mondovì]]. ** torrente Niere, joining the Ellero near Monastero di Vasco

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

== Related articles == * [[List of rivers of Italy]] * [[Lake Rataira]]

==See also== {{Commonscat-inline}} {{Portal|Italy|Water}} * [[List of rivers of Italy]]

[[Category:Rivers of the Province of Cuneo]] [[Category:Rivers of Italy]] [[Category:Rivers of the Alps]]