{{Short description|Italian river}} {{Infobox river | name = Pesio | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = TorrPesioCertosa.JPG | image_size = | image_caption = The river near the ''[[List of Carthusian monasteries|Certosa]] di Pesio'' | map = Pesio location map.jpg | map_size = | map_caption = Location within southern [[Piedmont]] | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | 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 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{convert|48.8|km|mi|adj=on}}<ref name=PTA_al5 /> | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= near [[Carrù]] | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = 7.83<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 |access-date= 2020-02-27 |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 = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = | source1_location = N side of the [[Punta Marguareis|Marguareis]] ([[Ligurian Alps]]) | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = [[Tanaro]] | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|44.4701|7.8913|type:river_region:IT|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = {{RTanaro}} | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|401.9|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} <ref name=PTA_al5 /> | tributaries_left = Brobbio | tributaries_right = Pogliole, Branzola | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}
The '''Pesio''' is a {{convert|48.8|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 |access-date= 2020-02-27 |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 == {{Stack|[[File:Pis pesio1.JPG|thumb|upright|''Pis del Pesio'', a waterfall in the upper part of the Pesio watershed]]}} The river is a tributary to the river [[Tanaro River|Tanaro]], which is a tributary of the river [[Po River|Po]]. Its source is on the northern slopes of the [[Punta Marguareis|Marguareis]], the highest summit of the [[Ligurian Alps]]. It flows northwards digging the ''Valle Pesio'', which ends in the [[Po plain]] near [[Chiusa di Pesio]].<ref name=vallicn>{{cite web | url = http://www.sapere.it/enciclopedia/Chiusa+di+P%C3%A8sio.html | title = Chiusa di Pèsio | language = it | access-date = 2020-02-26 | publisher = [[De Agostini]] Editore S.p.A. }}</ref> The Pesio then follows its course through the plain heading north up to [[Morozzo]], where it gets from the [[Bank (geography)|left]] its main tributary, the Brobbio, and turns NE. Then, with some [[meander]], it reaches the [[Tanaro]] a couple of [[km]] south of [[Carrù]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Acque Secondarie ciprinicole | url = http://www.fipsascuneo.it/index.php?id=3624 | publisher = Sezione Provinciale FIPSAS di Cuneo | language = it | access-date = 2020-02-26 }}</ref>
===Main tributaries=== [[File:Pesio a crava.jpg|thumb|The Pesio in the [[Po Plain|plain]] ([[Morozzo]])]] *[[Bank (geography)|Left side]]: ** torrente Brobbio, which also collects the waters of the Josina. *Right side: ** torrente Pogliole, ** torrente Branzola.<ref>{{cite book | chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=I5DcEHSR53gC&q=Branzola+Pogliole+pesio&pg=PA604 | chapter = Mondovì | pages = 604 | title = Dizionario geografico storico-statistico-commerciale degli Stati di S. M. il Re di Sardegna | volume = 1-28 | publisher = G. Maspero librajo e Cassone e Marzorati tipografi | first = Goffredo | last = Casalis| year = 1842 | language = it | access-date = 2020-02-26 }}</ref>
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== See also == {{Commons category-inline}} {{Portal|Italy|Water}} * [[Natural Park of Marguareis]] * [[List of rivers of Italy]]
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[[Category:Rivers of the Province of Cuneo]] [[Category:Rivers of Italy]] [[Category:Rivers of the Alps]]