The Liro is a ''
torrente'', or stream, in the north
Italian Province of Como
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. The drainage basin is triangular in shape; its principal source lies on
Monte Marmontana near the
Swiss
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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 and forms the
Valle del Dosso. Near
Dosso del Liro the stream receives the waters of the ''torrente'' Ronzone, which flows from
Monte Duria through the Val d’Inferno. The Liro enters
Lake Como
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at
Gravedona
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.
See also
*Another ''torrente'' named the
Liro, in the
Valle Spluga
References
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Rivers of Italy
Rivers of Lombardy
Rivers of the Province of Como
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