The Liro is a ''
torrente'', or stream, in the north
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Province of Como
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. The drainage basin is triangular in shape; its principal source lies on
Monte Marmontana
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near the
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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
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and forms the
Valle del Dosso
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*"Valle", the cultural and climatic zone of the dry subtropical Interandean Valles of the Andes of Peru, Bolivia, and northwest Argentina
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. Near
Dosso del Liro
Dosso del Liro (Comasco: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Como in the Italian region Lombardy, located about north of Milan and about northeast of Como, on the border with Switzerland. As of 31 December 2004, it had a populati ...
the stream receives the waters of the ''torrente'' Ronzone, which flows from
Monte Duria
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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
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.
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
). Swiss law does n ...
References
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Rivers of Italy
Rivers of Lombardy
Rivers of the Province of Como
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