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Encyclopedia Britannica



ORTA, LAKE OF

This article appears in Volume V20, Page 331 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: ORC-PAI
ORTA, LAKE OF , in N. Italy, W. of Lago
Maggiore
 . It has been so named since the 16th century, but was previously called the Lago di San Giulio, the patron of the regionCurio is a merely poetical name. Its southern end is about 22 M. by rail N.W. of
Novara
  on the main
Turin
 -
Milan
  line, while its north end is about 4 M. by rail S. of the Gravellona-Toce railway station, half-way between Ornavayso and Omegna. It has an area of about 64 sq. m., it is about 8 m. in length, its greatest depth is 482 ft., and the surface is 951 ft. above sea-level, while its width varies from z to 14 m. Its scenery is characteristically Italian, while the large
island
  of San Giulio (just W. of the
village
  of Orta) has some very picturesque buildings, and takes its name from the local saint, who lived in the 4th century. The
chief
  place is Orta, built on a peninsula projecting from the
east
  shore of the lake, while Omegna is at its northern extremity. It is supposed that the lake is the remnant of a much larger
sheet
  of water by which originally the waters of the Toce or Tosa flowed
south
  towards
Novara
 . As the glaciers retreated the waters flowing from them sank, and were gradually diverted into Lago
Maggiore
 . This explains why no considerable stream feeds the Lake of Orta, while at its north end the Nigoglia torrent flows out of it, but in about a m. it falls into the Strona, which in turn soon joins the Toce or Tosa, a short distance before this river flows into Lago Maggiore. (W. A. B. C.)


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