Dora Baltea
Dora Baltea is a mapped river in the YearMaps hydrographic index. River courses organise settlement, agriculture and frontier-making more durably than any political boundary, and this reach is indexed against the dams, lakes and cities within its catchment.
- Feature Class
- River
- Coordinates
- 45.74°, 7.41°
About Dora Baltea
The Dora Baltea (Italian: [ˈdɔːra ˈbaltea]; Piedmontese: Deura Bàutia or simply Deura) or Doire Baltée (French: [dwaʁ balte]; Valdôtain: Duère Baltèa, Jouère Baltèa or Djouiye, depending on the orthography) is a river in the Aosta Valley and in Piedmont, in northwestern Italy. It is a left-bank tributary of the Po and is about 170 kilometres (110 mi) long.
Encyclopedic summary adapted from Wikipedia: Dora Baltea (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Dora Baltea in Depth
Geography
It originates by Mont Blanc as the confluence of the Dora di Ferret, fed by the Pré de Bar Glacier in Val Ferret, and the Dora di Veny, fed by the Miage Glacier and Brenva Glacier in Val Veny.
As it crosses the Aosta Valley, the Dora Baltea flows through the city of Aosta (where the Buthier runs into it) and near all the main cities of the lower Aosta Valley: Châtillon, Saint-Vincent, Verrès and Pont-Saint-Martin. After it enters Piedmont, it passes through the city of Ivrea and a good part of Canavese, receives from its right the Chiusella and reaches the Po at Crescentino, a little downstream from Chivasso.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Dora Baltea (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Dora Baltea: Key Facts
| Length | 160 km |
|---|---|
| Average discharge | 110 m³/s |
| Drainage basin | 4,320 km² |
| Source | confluence |
| Mouth | Po |
| Drainage system | Po basin |
| Tributaries | Lys, Grand Eyvia, Buthier, Chiusella, Dora di Valgrisenche, Savara, Évançon, Dora di Verney |
Facts from Wikidata Q675028 (CC0).
Major River Dossiers
Hand-written studies of the great river systems of history.
Connected Reaches
Nearby watercourses in the same drainage network.
Water Bodies in the Catchment
Settlements Along the Reach
Hydraulic Infrastructure Nearby
Surrounding Terrain
Dora Baltea: Quick Answers
- Where is Dora Baltea?
- Dora Baltea is located in Italy, at 45.7450° N, 7.4081° E.
- Are there dams on the Dora Baltea?
- No dam on the Dora Baltea is recorded in the YearMaps dam index, which covers major structures only.