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- Italian:
- Lago D’orta
- Also called:
- Lago Cusio
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Orta, Lake: San Giulio island
San Giulio island in Lake Orta, morthwestern Italy.
Lake Orta
lake, Italy
Also known as: Lago Cusio, Lago d’Orta
Lake Orta, lake in Novara and Verbano-Cusio-Ossola provincie, Piemonte (Piedmont) regione, northwestern Italy, just west of Lake Maggiore, from which it is divided by Mount Mottarone. About 8 miles (13 km) long and 0.75 mile (1.2 km) wide, it has an area of 7 square miles (18 square km). Its greatest depth is 469 feet (143 m), and the surface is 951 feet (290 m) above sea level. It is the remnant of a much larger body of water through which the waters of the Toce River flowed south toward Novara. From its north end the Nigoglia River flows toward Lake Maggiore.
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