page_title: Geography of Piedmont
section_title: Valleys
hierarchical_section_title: Geography of Piedmont / Orography / Valleys
caption_attribution_description: English: Panorama of Valsessera from Cima delle Guardie (on the right side Cima del Bonom, Colma Bella and Monticchio) - BI, Italy Italiano: Panorama della Valsessera (BI) dalla Cima delle Guardie (sulla destra la Cima del Bonom, la Colma Bella e il Monticchio)
context_page_description: The Geography of Piedmont is that of a territory predominantly mountainous, 43.3%, but yes with extensive areas of hills which represent 30.3% of the territory, and of plains.
  To the north and to the west Piedmont is surrounded by the Alps, to the south by the Apennines, and to the east by the Po plain.
  To the west Piedmont borders with France, to the north with Valle d'Aosta and Switzerland, to the east with Lombardy and Emilia Romagna, and to the south with Liguria.
  Piedmont is the second largest of the 20 administrative regions of Italy, after Sicily. It is broadly contiguous with the upper part of the drainage basin of the Po which rises from the slopes of Monviso in the west of the region and is Italy’s largest river. The Po collects all the waters provided within the semicircle of mountains which surround the region on three sides.
  From the highest peaks the land slopes down to hilly areas, and then to the upper, and then the lower Pianura Padana. The boundary between the first and the second is characterised by risorgive, springs typical of the pianura padana which supply fresh water both to the rivers and to a dense network of irrigation canals.
context_section_description: As Piedmont is bounded to the north and to the west by the Alps, and to the south by the Apennines it is rich in valleys of very varied dimensions. There follows a list of some of the valleys of the region starting at the north of the boundary with Lombardy and proceeding anti-clockwise:
  Val d'Ossola
  Valle Anzasca
  Valle Antrona
  Val Bognanco
  Val Divedro
  Valle Antigorio
  Val Formazza
  Val Vigezzo
  Valsesia
  Val Mastallone
  Val d'Otro
  Val Vogna
  Val Sessera
  Valle Strona di Mosso
  Valle Cervo
  Valchiusella
  Valle dell'Orco
  Valli di Lanzo
  Val grande di Lanzo
  Val d'Ala
  Valle di Viù
  Val Ceronda
  Val di Susa
  Val Sangone
  Val Chisone
  Val Germanasca
  Val Pellice
  Valle Po
  Valle Maira
  Val Varaita
  Valle Stura di Demonte
  Valle Gesso
  Val Bormida
  Val Curone
  Valle Scrivia
  Val Borbera
caption: Valsessera from Cima delle Guardie
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