The is a short (40 km)
''torrente'' of
Piedmont in north
Italy , a left side tributary of the
River Po which flows through the
Canavese .
The river’s source is at
Monte Soglio from which it falls rapidly through the
Communes of
Corio ,
Rocca Canavese ,
Barbania and
Front (TO) , growing in force as it receives contributions from streams descending from the ''Riserva Naturale della Vauda''
Nature Reserve on its right bank.The Malone then runs past
Rivarossa ,
Lombardore ,
San Benigno Canavese then arrives at
Brandizzo (near
Chivasso ) where it enters the Po.
The Italian word ''torrente'', translated as torrent, or stream, refers to a river in which the flow is subject to a wide and broadly predictable seasonal variation. Torrents often dry up in summer. The Malone in full flood, however, can be genuinely “torrential” in the normal English sense of the word. The mean discharge of 8.8 m³/s can increase a hundredfold and cause great damage, as happened in the flood of October 2000.
