Ellero

The Ellero is a 34.6-kilometre (21.5 mi)^[1] long river in northwestern Italy (Piedmont).

Ellero
The Ellero near its source
Location
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Province	Province of Cuneo
Physical characteristics
Source	Pian Marchisio
• location	Ligurian Alps
Mouth	Tanaro
• coordinates	44.4431°N 7.8856°E / 44.4431; 7.8856
Length	34.6-kilometre (21.5 mi)[1]
Basin size	197.45 km2 (76.24 sq mi) [1]
Discharge
• location	near Bastia Mondovì
• average	5.2[2]
Basin features
Progression	Tanaro→ Po→ Adriatic Sea
Tributaries
• right	Maudagna

Geography

The river is a tributary to the river Tanaro, which is a tributary of the river Po. Its source is in Pian Marchisio, a large plateau of the Ligurian Alps. It flows northwards digging the Valle Ellero, which ends in the Po plain near Roccaforte Mondovì.^[3] The Ellero then follows its course through the plain turning NE, crosses Villanova Mondovì (where it gets from right hand the Maudagna, its main tributary) and then after Mondovì, with some meanders, reaches Bastia Mondovì where it joins the river Tanaro.

Main tributaries

The Ellero in Mondovì

• Left hand side:
  • torrente Lurisia, that crosses the village of Lurisia.
• Right hand side:
  • torrente Maudagna,
  • torrente Ermena, which reaches the Ellero in Mondovì.
  • torrente Niere, joining the Ellero near Monastero di Vasco