The Agogna (in Piedmontese Agògna) is a stream which runs through the Italy regions of Piedmont and Lombardy. It is a left side tributary of the river Po.[ The Times (2003), Comprehensive Atlas of the World, 11th edition, Times Books, Plate 76 (F5).]
Course
The river's origin is in the area between
Lake Orta and
Lake Maggiore in the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. It then flows south into the province of Novara and flows past
Borgomanero and
Cureggio before being joined by a branch of the
Terdoppio. The river continues to flow south past
Caltignaga and
Novara. The river then crosses into the province of Pavia and into the
Lomellina area (in the communes of Castello d'Agogna and
Lomello) and receives its left tributary, the
Erbognone. Finally, the river flows into the Po at Balossa Bigli, part of the
comune of
Mezzana Bigli, which is near the border between the province of Pavia and the province of Alessandria.
During the Napoleonic Wars, the Agogna gave its name to a department of the Kingdom of Italy with Novara as capital (See: Novara).
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