The Liro is a ''
torrente'', or stream, in the north
Italian Province of Como
The Province of Como ( it, Provincia di Como; german: Provinz Como; Comasco: ) is a province in the north of the Lombardy region of Italy and borders the Swiss cantons of Ticino and Grigioni to the North, the Italian provinces of Sondrio and ...
. The drainage basin is triangular in shape; its principal source lies on
Monte Marmontana near the
Swiss
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border and flows through the
Valle San Iorio
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(also Jorio). The second source lies to the northeast on the slopes of
Pizzo Martello and forms the
Valle del Dosso. Near
Dosso del Liro the stream receives the waters of the ''torrente'' Ronzone, which flows from
Monte Duria through the Val d’Inferno. The Liro enters
Lake Como
Lake Como ( it, Lago di Como , ; lmo, label=Western Lombard, Lagh de Còmm , ''Cómm'' or ''Cùmm'' ), also known as Lario (; after the la, Larius Lacus), is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of , making it the thir ...
at
Gravedona
Gravedona was a comune of Como Province, Italy. It merged into Gravedona ed Uniti
Gravedona ed Uniti is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northeast of Co ...
.
See also
*Another ''torrente'' named the
Liro, in the
Valle Spluga
The Valle Spluga, also known as the Val San Giacomo and as the Val dei Giüst, is an Alpine valley in the north Italian Province of Sondrio ( Lombardy), which extends from the Splügen Pass, on the border with Switzerland, south to Chiavenna
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Rivers of Italy
Rivers of Lombardy
Rivers of the Province of Como
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