Sources of the Torre Stream

The Torre stream originates in the south of the Tanataviele village, at the foot of the Musi plain, a very sloping plain, composed of coarse fluvioglacial sediments, of calcareous-dolomitic nature, which are very permeable. The spring, located at an altitude of 536 meters above sea level, emits over 500 litres of water per second: this area is one of the rainiest in Italy, with an annual average of about 4,000 millimetres.
The valley floor of the Musi plains is completely and coarsely clastic in nature, terraced and eroded, temporarily hosting the course of the Mea stream. It has an arid appearance with little vegetation. The southern side, however, has a regular incline, is devoid of significant features, and is covered by a rich beech forest. From the spring, the Torre flows south through a gorge carved into the formations of Gran Monte, initially limestone and then calcareous-dolomitic. The gorge denotes the rapid phenomenon of capture: an ancient lake (in the Musi plains, successor to an older river and a strip of a glacier) was reached by erosion coming from the south and flowed into the newly formed Torre.
Accessibility: The sources are located a few dozen meters from the Torre provincial road, at the confluence of the valleys of the Mea stream and the Vodizza creek.