Dora Baltea basin

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The Dora Baltea basin is a river drainage system in northwestern Italy that collects meltwater and runoff from Alpine glaciers and valleys before ultimately feeding into the Po River.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dora Baltea basin canonical 5
upper Dora Baltea basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf drainage basin
river basin
belongsTo Mediterranean Sea drainage basin via Po River
collectsWaterFrom Alpine glaciers
Alpine valleys
Alps
continent Europe
country Italy
drainsInto Po River
fedBy glacial meltwater
rainfall
snowmelt
flowsThroughRegion Aosta Valley
Piedmont
hasEconomicImportanceFor Aosta Valley
Piedmont
hasEnvironmentalSignificance supports Alpine aquatic ecosystems
hasFloodRisk yes
hasHydrologicalRegime nival-glacial
hasMainChannel Dora Baltea River
hasMainTributary Buthier
Dora di Veny
surface form: Dora di Ferret

Dora di Veny
Savara
hasMouthNear Crescentino
hasSeasonalHighFlowsIn early summer
late spring
hasSourceArea Gran Paradiso massif
Mont Blanc massif
hasTypeOfFlowRegime Alpine river regime
hasUse drinking water supply
hydroelectric power generation
irrigation
recreation
isMonitoredBy National Meteorological and Hydrological Services
surface form: Italian hydrological services
isSubBasinOf Po River basin
locatedIn Po River basin
surface form: Po Valley hydrological system

northwestern Italy
locatedInMountainRange Western Alps
locatedInRegion Aosta Valley
Piedmont
mainOutflow Dora Baltea
partOf Italian river network
Po River basin
receivesMeltwaterFrom glaciers of the Aosta Valley
receivesRunoffFrom Alpine catchments
river Dora Baltea
tributaryOf Po River

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Miage Glacier drainageBasin Dora Baltea basin
Valdigne partOf Dora Baltea basin
Valdigne describedAs Dora Baltea basin
this entity surface form: upper Dora Baltea basin
Dora di Veny partOf Dora Baltea basin
Ghiacciaio del Miage drainageBasin Dora Baltea basin