Toce
Course of the Toce
Origin	Riale di Formazza
Mouth	Lake Maggiore
Basin countries	Italy
Length	76 km
Avg. Lake Maggiore (in Italian: Lago Maggiore or Verbano) is the most westerly of the three large prealpine lakes of Italy and the second A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest discharge	70 m²/s

The waterfall near La Frua

192pxThe river at its confluence with the Strona

The Toce is a river in Piedmont, Italy, which stretches the length of the Val d'Ossola from the Swiss border to Lake Maggiore into which it debouches near Fondotoce in the Commune of Verbania. In Hydrology, the discharge or outflow of a River is the volume of Water transported by it in a certain amount of time Strona is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Piedmont ( Piemonte; Piedmontese and Occitan: Piemont; French: Piémont) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Ossola is an area of Italy situated North of the Lago Maggiore. Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Lake Maggiore (in Italian: Lago Maggiore or Verbano) is the most westerly of the three large prealpine lakes of Italy and the second In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic Administrative division of both provinces and regions and may be properly approximated in Verbania is a city and Comune (commune on the shore of Lake Maggiore, Piedmont in northwest Italy. The river is c. 76 kilometres in length and is formed in the upper Val Formazza by the confluence of a number of torrents in the plain of Riale. The source of one of these, the Gries, is situated on the Italian southern side of the Gries Pass; another forms beneath the Passo di San Giacomo, others flow from little Alpine lakes such as Lago Castel and Lago di Sabbione. Gries Pass (2469 m (Italian Passo del Gries, German Griespass) is a mountain pass between Valais, Switzerland and Formazza

South of La Frua the water of the river plummets 143 meters over the Toce Falls into Formazza Valley, through which it flows before transversing Valle Antigorio after another series of cascades. Near Crevola d'Ossola the river Diveria discharges into the Toce. At this point the valley gets wider and is known as Val d'Ossola. Ossola is an area of Italy situated North of the Lago Maggiore. The Toce flows through the main city of the valley, Domodossola, and then Villadossola and Ornavasso. Domodossola is a city in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, Italy, earlier known as Oscela, Oscella Oscella dei Villadossola ( Piedmontese Vila d'Òssola) is a town and Comune of the Val d’Ossola in Piedmont, northern Italy Ornavasso is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km After a total of 76 kilometers the Toce then flows into Lake Maggiore.

The major tributaries are the Diveria, Bogna, Melezzo Occidentale (joining it near Domodossola), Ovesca, Anza (near Piedimulera), and the Strona (near Gravellona Toce). Domodossola is a city in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, in the region of Piedmont, Italy, earlier known as Oscela, Oscella Oscella dei Piedimulera is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110 km Strona is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Biella in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 km northeast of Gravellona Toce is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 110

References

• This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding German Wikipedia article as of January 18, 2007. The Toce is a river in Piedmont, Italy, which stretches the length of the Val d'Ossola from the Swiss border to Lake Maggiore