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The Sesia (Latin Sesites or Sessites) is a river in north-western 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....
, tributary to the Po
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....
. Its sources are the glaciers of Monte Rosa
Monte Rosa

The Monte Rosa Massif is a mountain massif located in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps. It is located between Switzerland and Italy . The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of the Monte Rosa Massif and at 4,634m is also the highest peak in Switzerland....
 at the border with Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
. It flows through the Alpine valley Valsesia
Valsesia

Valsesia is a group of valleys in north-east of Piedmont in the Province of Vercelli, Italy; the principal valley is that of the river Sesia River....
 and the towns Varallo Sesia
Varallo Sesia

Varallo , commonly known as Varallo Sesia, is a comune and town of c. 7,400 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli in the Piedmont region of Italy....
, Quarona
Quarona

Quarona is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italy region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 50 km north of Vercelli, along Sesia River....
, Borgosesia
Borgosesia

Borgosesia is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italy region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 45 km north of Vercelli....
 and Vercelli
Vercelli

Vercelli is a city of about 44,500 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around the year 600 BC....
. The Sesia flows into the Po River near Casale Monferrato
Casale Monferrato

Casale Monferrato is a town in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy, part of the province of Alessandria. It is situated about 60 km east of Turin on the right bank of the Po River, where the river runs at the foot of the Monferrato hills....
.

It is a popular river for kayak
Kayak

A kayak is a small human-powered boat. It typically has a covered deck, and a cockpit covered by a spraydeck. The kayak was used by the native Ainu people, Aleuts and Eskimo hunters in sub-Arctic regions of northeastern Asia, North America and Greenland....
ing and hosted the European championship in 2001 and the world championship in 2002.








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Sesia
The Sesia (Latin Sesites or Sessites) is a river in north-western 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....
, tributary to the Po
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....
. Its sources are the glaciers of Monte Rosa
Monte Rosa

The Monte Rosa Massif is a mountain massif located in the eastern part of the Pennine Alps. It is located between Switzerland and Italy . The Dufourspitze is the highest peak of the Monte Rosa Massif and at 4,634m is also the highest peak in Switzerland....
 at the border with Switzerland
Switzerland

Switzerland is a landlocked Swiss Alps country of roughly 7.7 million people in Western Europe with an area of 41,285 km?. Switzerland is a federal republic consisting of 26 states called Cantons of Switzerland....
. It flows through the Alpine valley Valsesia
Valsesia

Valsesia is a group of valleys in north-east of Piedmont in the Province of Vercelli, Italy; the principal valley is that of the river Sesia River....
 and the towns Varallo Sesia
Varallo Sesia

Varallo , commonly known as Varallo Sesia, is a comune and town of c. 7,400 inhabitants in the province of Vercelli in the Piedmont region of Italy....
, Quarona
Quarona

Quarona is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italy region Piedmont, located about 90 km northeast of Turin and about 50 km north of Vercelli, along Sesia River....
, Borgosesia
Borgosesia

Borgosesia is a comune in the Province of Vercelli in the Italy region Piedmont, located about 80 km northeast of Turin and about 45 km north of Vercelli....
 and Vercelli
Vercelli

Vercelli is a city of about 44,500 inhabitants in the Province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. One of the oldest urban sites in northern Italy, it was founded, according to most historians, around the year 600 BC....
. The Sesia flows into the Po River near Casale Monferrato
Casale Monferrato

Casale Monferrato is a town in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy, part of the province of Alessandria. It is situated about 60 km east of Turin on the right bank of the Po River, where the river runs at the foot of the Monferrato hills....
.

It is a popular river for kayak
Kayak

A kayak is a small human-powered boat. It typically has a covered deck, and a cockpit covered by a spraydeck. The kayak was used by the native Ainu people, Aleuts and Eskimo hunters in sub-Arctic regions of northeastern Asia, North America and Greenland....
ing and hosted the European championship in 2001 and the world championship in 2002.

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  • Sesia (département), First French Empire
    First French Empire

    The Empire of the French , also known as the Greater French Empire or First French Empire, but more commonly known as the Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France in France....