Length 34 km Source elevation 750 m | Basin size 180.5 km (69.7 sq mi) Basin area 467.5 km² Source Monte Calvo | |
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Main source Monte Calvo750 m (2,460 ft) Discharge Average rate:(mouth) 3.1 m/s (110 cu ft/s) |
The Lemme is a 35 km torrent, a right tributary of the Orba, which flows through the Province of Alessandria in northern Italy.
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Geography
Its source is near Monte Calvo; from there it passes through the communes of Fraconalto, Voltaggio, Carrosio, Gavi, San Cristoforo, Francavilla Bisio, Basaluzzo and finally Predosa where it enters the Orba.
left hand tributaries
right hand tributaries
Floods
The Lemme is characterised by an extremely variable discharge; very little water flows during the summer months, but it can also give rise to significant floods, such as those of 1978.
History
The Département du Lemo or Dipartimento del Lemo of Ligurian Republic took its name at the end of the XVIII century from the stream.
References
Lemme Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA