The Tanaro
is formed originally by the waters of the Rio Tana and Rio Tanarello which join together
with the Rio Negrone by Ponte di Nava ( 920mt.).
On the map the Rio Negrone looks like the first real section of the
Tanaro. Some little streams flow into the river in the first part of its course and
further on, only after Ceva, the first main tributaries flow into it.
After
Cherasco the river turns north-east; it runs through Alba and, separating the Langhe from
the hills of Asti, it goes on to Alessandria.
Here the Bormida flows into the Tanaro and together into the Po.
The Tanaro is 244 kilometres long.
In the province of Asti, at Rocchetta Tanaro, the river flows in the middle of a natural
park, which is 120 hectares in size.
The word
Tanarum is already mentioned for the first time by Plinio, but the modern form is used for
the first time in a document of the town of Asti of 793.
Tanaro means “thunder”.
The course of the Tanaro
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