The Calore Lucano (or ''Calore Salernitano'') is a
river in
Campania,
southern Italy
Southern Italy ( it, Sud Italia or ) also known as ''Meridione'' or ''Mezzogiorno'' (), is a macroregion of the Italian Republic consisting of its southern half.
The term ''Mezzogiorno'' today refers to regions that are associated with the peop ...
, whose course is entirely included in the
province of Salerno, within
Cilento
Cilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important Tourism, tourist area of southern Italy.
Cilento is known as one of the centers of Mediterranean diet.
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, for a total of about . It is an important left tributary of the
Sele
Sele may refer to:
Places Africa
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Asia
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. In ancient times it was known as Calor.
Overview
It rises in the northern slopes of Monte Cervati, in the
Apennine Mountains
The Apennines or Apennine Mountains (; grc-gre, links=no, Ἀπέννινα ὄρη or Ἀπέννινον ὄρος; la, Appenninus or – a singular with plural meaning;''Apenninus'' (Greek or ) has the form of an adjective, which wou ...
and flows through the
Parco nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano. For long reaches it flows between high rocky walls, as near
Laurino or in the gorge of
Monte Pescorubino, between the localities of
Magliano Vetere and
Felitto.
It empties into the Sele not far from the ancient city of
Paestum.
The Calore is one of the few rivers in Europe in which the
European otter still lives.
References
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Drainage basins of the Tyrrhenian Sea
Cilento
Rivers of the Province of Salerno
Rivers of Italy
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