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The Arda is a torrent
Stream

A stream is a body of water less than 60 feet wide with a current , confined within a stream bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as brook, beck, Burn , creek, crick, kill, lick , rill, river syke, bayou, rivu...
 of Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna is an administrative Regions of Italy of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of 20,124 km? and about 4.3 million inhabitants....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, nearly all of its course being within the province of Piacenza
Province of Piacenza

The Province of Piacenza is a Provinces of Italy in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Piacenza.The province has 273,689 inhabitants ....
. It is a right tributary of the Po River
Po River

The Po is a river that flows 652 km eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. It has a drainage area of 71,000 km? and is the longest river in Italy....
.

It rises at an elevation of 1200 m in the Ligurian Apennines
Apennine mountains

The Apennines or Apennine Mountains is a mountain range stretching 1000 km from the north to the south of Italy along its east coast, traversing the entire peninsula, and forming the backbone of the country....
 on the north-west slopes of Monte Lama (near Monte Menegosa), within the commune
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
 of Morfasso
Morfasso

Morfasso is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km west of Bologna and about 35 km south of Piacenza....
. After about 15 km, at an elevation of 341 m, it is dammed to form the Lago di Mignano reservoir which covers about 2 kmē and provides both a water supply and hydro-electric power.

The stream then flows through Lugagnano Val d'Arda
Lugagnano Val d'Arda

Lugagnano Val d'Arda is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km northwest of Bologna and about 30 km southeast of Piacenza....
 and Castell'Arquato
Castell'Arquato

Castell'Arquato is an Italy town located on the first hills of Val D?Arda in Emilia-Romagna of the province of Piacenza, approximately 30 km from Piacenza and 35 km from Parma....
 before entering the plain where it passes through Fiorenzuola d'Arda
Fiorenzuola d'Arda

Fiorenzuola d'Arda is a city in Italy in the province of Piacenza, of the Emilia-Romagna region. Its name derives from Florentia . The "d'Arda" portion refers to the Arda River which flows from the Apennines into the valley where Fiorenzuola is situated....
 and Cortemaggiore
Cortemaggiore

Cortemaggiore is an Italian comune located in the Province of Piacenza.Founded in the 1479 by the Pallavicino family, over an old roman site, it was the capital of the ancient Stato Pallavicino....
.






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The Arda is a torrent
Stream

A stream is a body of water less than 60 feet wide with a current , confined within a stream bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as brook, beck, Burn , creek, crick, kill, lick , rill, river syke, bayou, rivu...
 of Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna

Emilia-Romagna is an administrative Regions of Italy of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of 20,124 km? and about 4.3 million inhabitants....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....
, nearly all of its course being within the province of Piacenza
Province of Piacenza

The Province of Piacenza is a Provinces of Italy in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Piacenza.The province has 273,689 inhabitants ....
. It is a right tributary of the Po River
Po River

The Po is a river that flows 652 km eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. It has a drainage area of 71,000 km? and is the longest river in Italy....
.

It rises at an elevation of 1200 m in the Ligurian Apennines
Apennine mountains

The Apennines or Apennine Mountains is a mountain range stretching 1000 km from the north to the south of Italy along its east coast, traversing the entire peninsula, and forming the backbone of the country....
 on the north-west slopes of Monte Lama (near Monte Menegosa), within the commune
Comune

In Italy, the comune, is the basic administrative division of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality....
 of Morfasso
Morfasso

Morfasso is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km west of Bologna and about 35 km south of Piacenza....
. After about 15 km, at an elevation of 341 m, it is dammed to form the Lago di Mignano reservoir which covers about 2 kmē and provides both a water supply and hydro-electric power.

The stream then flows through Lugagnano Val d'Arda
Lugagnano Val d'Arda

Lugagnano Val d'Arda is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 130 km northwest of Bologna and about 30 km southeast of Piacenza....
 and Castell'Arquato
Castell'Arquato

Castell'Arquato is an Italy town located on the first hills of Val D?Arda in Emilia-Romagna of the province of Piacenza, approximately 30 km from Piacenza and 35 km from Parma....
 before entering the plain where it passes through Fiorenzuola d'Arda
Fiorenzuola d'Arda

Fiorenzuola d'Arda is a city in Italy in the province of Piacenza, of the Emilia-Romagna region. Its name derives from Florentia . The "d'Arda" portion refers to the Arda River which flows from the Apennines into the valley where Fiorenzuola is situated....
 and Cortemaggiore
Cortemaggiore

Cortemaggiore is an Italian comune located in the Province of Piacenza.Founded in the 1479 by the Pallavicino family, over an old roman site, it was the capital of the ancient Stato Pallavicino....
. Before entering the Po, near Polesine Parmense
Polesine Parmense

Polesine Parmense is a comune in the Province of Parma in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 120 km northwest of Bologna and about 30 km northwest of Parma....
, it is joined on the right by another torrent, the Ongina, whose source is in the Piacenza hills, between Alseno
Alseno

Alseno is a comune in the Province of Piacenza in the Italy region Emilia-Romagna, located about 120 km northwest of Bologna and about 25 km southeast of Piacenza....
 and Castell'Arquato.

The Arda follows the typical pattern of an Apennine torrent with maximum discharges during the spring and autumn rains and a minimal flow during the summer.