The Melezzo Occidentale[1] is a 13 km Alpine torrent which runs through the western part of the Val Vigezzo, a side valley of the Ossola in the Province of Verbano Cusio Ossola, northern Italy. Belonging to the Po basin, it is a left tributary of the Toce which in its turn flows into Lago Maggiore.

Melezzo Occidentale
Location within NE Piedmont
Location
CountryItaly
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPizzo Ragno
 • elevation2,289 m (7,510 ft)
Mouth 
 • location
Toce at Domodossola
 • coordinates
46°07′36″N 8°18′20″E / 46.1268°N 8.3055°E / 46.1268; 8.3055
Length13 km (8.1 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionToceLake MaggioreTicinoPoAdriatic Sea

The river is formed by the confluence of various streams to the west of Druogno (which marks the watershed between the western and eastern sections of the Val Vigezzo), and runs westward through the narrow valley which connects the high plain of the central Val Vigezza to the Val d’Ossola. After a course of 13 km, which takes it through the commune of Masera and entails a descent of about 2000 m, it joins the Toce near Domodossola.

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  1. ^ The Western Melezzo, so called to distinguish it from the Melezzo Orientale which traverses the eastern part of the Val Vigezzo and joins with the Maggia near Losone in Switzerland.