The Luri () is a coastal stream in the department of

Haute-Corse Haute-Corse (; , or ; ) is a department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Corse-du-Sud on 1 January 2018, forming the single ter ...

, Corsica, France. It flows across the

Cap Corse Cap Corse (; , ; , ), a geographical area of Corsica, is a long peninsula located at the northern tip of the island. At the base of it is the second largest city in Corsica, Bastia. Cap Corse is also a Communauté de communes comprising 18 comm ...

peninsula to the

Tyrrhenian Sea The Tyrrhenian Sea (, ; or ) , , , , is part of the Mediterranean Sea off the western coast of Italy. It is named for the Tyrrhenians, Tyrrhenian people identified with the Etruscans of Italy. Geography The sea is bounded by the islands of C ...

Course

The Luri is long. It crosses the commune of

Luri, Haute-Corse Luri is a commune of the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Location Luri is in the north of the Cap Corse peninsula. It is crossed from west to east by the Luri, a stream that empties into the Tyrrhenian Sea. Villag ...

. The only named tributary of the Luri is the Ruisseau de Furcone, which enters the Luri from the south near the village of Luri. The Luri rises in the northwest of the

peninsula to the northeast of the Monte Grofiglieta. It flows northeast past the village of Spergane, then east-southeast past the villages of Luri and Campo to enter the sea at Santa Severa. The D180 follows the stream for most of its course.

Hydrology

Measurements of the river flow were taken at the Luri

ampo The more commonly known as the U.S.–Japan Security Treaty in English and as the ''Anpo jōyaku'' or just ''Anpo'' in Japanese, is a treaty that permits the presence of U.S. military bases on Japanese soil, and commits the two nations to defen ...

station from 1972 to 1999. The watershed above this station covers . Annual precipitation was calculated as . The average water flow throughout the year was .

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Luri Rivers of Haute-Corse Rivers of France Coastal basins of the Tyrrhenian Sea in Corsica