The Grana del Monferrato (to distinguish it from the Grana of the Province of Cuneo

Province of Cuneo

ayr is a province in the southwest of the Piedmont region of Italy. To the west it borders on the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur ....

) is a small Italian

Italy

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 river, classified as a torrente

Torrente

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, a right tributary of the Po

Po River

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, which runs almost entirely in the Province of Alessandria

Province of Alessandria

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 among the hills of the Basso Monferrato which lie between the Po to the north and the Tanaro

Tanaro River

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 to the south. Notwithstanding its modest flow, it is the most significant Po tributary of the Basso Monferrato in terms of its length, the extent of its drainage basin and its discharge.

The river’s course takes it through the comuni

Comune

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(municipalities) of Grana

Grana (AT)

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 in the Province of Asti

Province of Asti

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 and
Cuccaro Monferrato

Cuccaro Monferrato

Cuccaro Monferrato is a comune in the Province of Alessandria in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km east of Turin and about 15 km northwest of Alessandria....

, Giarole

Giarole

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, Pomaro Monferrato

Pomaro Monferrato

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 and Valenza

Valenza

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in the Province of Alessandria. Its principal tributaries include the Auda and the Coda del Lupo.