ancient Greek
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as the (''Lykos'', "wolf") or (''Halykos'', "Salty"), is a river in southern
Sicily
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,
Italy
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Simeto
The Simeto (; ; ; ) is a long river in Sicily, southern Italy. At , it is the second longest river on the island after the Salso (also known as Southern Imera), but the most important in terms of watershed ().Belice and Dittaino, with a course of 103 km, and the third for
drainage basin
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with 1,785 km2, after the Simeto and Imera Meridionale. It flows through the provinces of
Palermo
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and
Agrigento
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Founded around 582 BC by Greek colonists from Gela, Agrigento, then known as Akragas, was one of the leading cities during the golden ...
comuni
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'' of
Lercara Friddi
Lercara Friddi is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Italy, Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo.
Geography
Lercara Friddi rises almost at the foot of Colle Madore and its Sican archeolo ...
(under the Pizzo Lanzone mountain) and Santo Stefano Quisquina (between the Serra della Moneta and Pizzo della Rondine mountains). From the confluence to the mouth it runs for c. 83 km; including the branch of Castronuovo the total length is 103 km. Along its course the Platani receives the waters of several affluents, including the Gallo d'Oro, Turvoli, Vallone Morella, Vallone Tumarrano and Vallone di Aragona.
The river flows into the
Strait of Sicily
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