The Coghinas is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

of northern

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; it, Sardegna, label=Italian, Corsican and Tabarchino ; sc, Sardigna , sdc, Sardhigna; french: Sardaigne; sdn, Saldigna; ca, Sardenya, label=Algherese and Catalan) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after ...

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

. With a length of , it is the third longest river of the island behind the Tirso and the

Flumendosa The Flumendosa is a river of southern Sardinia, Italy. With a length of , it is the second longest river of the island behind the Tirso. The Flumendosa's springs are located in the Gennargentu massif, at the foot of the Monte Armidda; it flows i ...

.
It has a drainage basin of . Casteldoria termal Coghinas

The Coghinas's springs are located on the Mountains of Alà, in the province Olbia-Tempio; after crossing the

Anglona Anglona is a historical region of northern Sardinia, Italy. Its main center is Castelsardo. Geography Anglona is bounded by the sea northwards, from east by the Coghinas river, from south by Monte Sassu and from west by the Silis River and t ...

traditional region in its later course, it flows into the Gulf of

Asinara Asinara is an Italian island of in area. The name is Italian for "donkey-inhabited", but it is thought to derive from the Latin "sinuaria", and meaning sinus-shaped. The island is virtually uninhabited. The census of population of 2001 lists o ...

in the area of the towns of

Badesi Badesi (Gallurese: ''Badèsi'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about north of Cagliari and about west of Olbia. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,860 and an area o ...

and

Valledoria Valledoria (Gallurese: ''Codaruìna'', sc, Codaruìna, Sassarese: ''Codaruìna'') is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Sassari situated at the center of the Gulf of Asinara, near the mouth of the Coghinas river. History Valledoria was par ...

. In order to capture excess water for use when needed, and for flood control and electricity generation, two dams have been built, which have created the

Lake Coghinas Lake Coghinas ( it, Lago di Coghinas, sc, Lagu Coghinas) is an artificial lake, in northern Sardinia, Italy, located in the province of Sassari. With a surface of 17.8 km² and a capacity of 254 million cubic metres of water, it is the second ...

and the Lake of Casteldoria.

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