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The Sesia unit or Sesia nappe, also called the Sesia-Dent Blanche unit is a tectonic unit or terrane in the Swiss and Italian Alps. The zone crops out in the Pennine Alps and in the southeastern part of the Aosta Valley. It is widely seen as part of the Austroalpine nappes and correlated with the Dent Blanche nappe that crops out further to the northwest.
The Sesia unit or Sesia nappe, also called the Sesia-Dent Blanche unit is a tectonic unit or terrane in the Swiss and Italian Alps. The zone crops out...
Romagnano Sesia is a town and comune (municipality) of about 4,000 inhabitants in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about...
Varallo Sesia (Piedmontese: Varal), pronunciation (Vhuh-rahl-loh) commonly known as Varallo, is a comune and town in the province of Vercelli in the Piedmont...
Serravalle Sesia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Vercelli in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northeast...
Carpignano Sesia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 80 kilometres (50 mi) northeast of...
northwest of Novara. Prato Sesia borders the following municipalities: Boca, Cavallirio, Grignasco, Romagnano Sesia, and Serravalle Sesia. "Superficie di Comuni...
greywacke zone is a band of Paleozoic metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that forms an east-west band through the Austrian Alps. The greywacke zone crops out...
San Nazzaro Sesia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Novara in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 70 kilometres (43 mi) northeast of...
Piane is a frazione (and parish) of the municipality of Serravalle Sesia, in Piedmont, northern Italy. Piane is furthermore divided into 10 cantoni: Mazzone...
mountainside Christian devotional complex) overlooking the town of Varallo Sesia in the province of Vercelli, Piedmont, northern Italy. It is the oldest...
Valsesian face above Alagna Valsesia at the upper part of the Valle della Sesia; and the steep, big east wall above Macugnaga in the Valle Anzasca. The...
broad zones. Canavese – includes the areas around Turin such as Carema and Caluso Colline Novaresi – in the province of Novara Coste della Sesia – includes...
Simonluca Agazzone 1981 2020 39 years Italian footballer car Carpignano Sesia, Italy Bruno Agostinelli 1987 2016 28 years Canadian tennis player motorcycle...
Scrivia, Trebbia, Panaro and Secchia in the south, Dora Riparia, Dora Baltea, Sesia, Ticino (draining Lake Maggiore), Lambro, Adda (draining Lake Como), Oglio...
commonly abbreviated as Penninic, are one of three nappe stacks and geological zones in which the Alps can be divided. In the western Alps the Penninic nappes...
according to most historians, around 600 BC. The city is situated on the Sesia River in the plain of the Po River between Milan and Turin. It is an important...
stretching north of the Po River to sub-alpine zones, between the course of the Serio to the east and the Sesia to the west. The site of Golasecca, where the...
Noain-Esquiroz Battle of Noáin Battle of Bicocca Siege of Genoa Battle of Sesia Italian campaign of 1524–1525 Battle of Pavia Location: Western Europe (Italian...
of major fault zones collectively named Periadriatic Seam. Movement along the Periadriatic Seam is the cause for the earthquake zone between Vienna and...
Dent Blanche material lying on top of Penninic ophiolites (Zermatt-Saas zone). Because of this the rock at the top of the Matterhorn came from Africa...
Serravalle Sesia, in Piedmont, northern Italy. It is a village located some km south from the centre of Serravalle, on the right side of Sesia river. Vintebbio...
the Subalpine Molasse zone along the Alps and the Foreland Molasse zone further into the foreland. In the Foreland Molasse zone the molasse sediments...
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola. Borders of the Alpi Cusiane are (clockwise): Varallo Sesia, Mastallone creek, Tesslu pass, Strona creek, Gravellona Toce (north), Lago...
following municipalities: Boca, Cureggio, Fontaneto d'Agogna, Prato Sesia, and Romagnano Sesia. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre...
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