The Lys (
Walser German
Walser German (german: Walserdeutsch) and Walliser German (, locally ) are a group of Highest Alemannic dialects spoken in parts of Switzerland (Valais, Ticino, Grisons), Italy (Piedmont, Aosta Valley), Liechtenstein (Triesenberg, Planken), an ...
: ''Liisu'' or ''Lyesu'') is a small river (classified as a ''
torrente'').
Geography
It flows from the Lys Glacier on the south side of the
Monte Rosa
:
, other_name = Monte Rosa massif
, translation = Mount Rose
, photo = Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa) and Monte Rosa Glacier as seen from Gornergrat, Wallis, Switzerland, 2012 August.jpg
, photo_caption = Central Mon ...
massif, at the foot of
Vincent Pyramid
The Vincent Pyramid (Walser German: Vincentpiramid, french: Pyramide Vincent, it, Piramide Vincent) () is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the border between the Italian regions of Aosta Valley and Piedmont. The Vincent Pyramid makes up ...
, elevation , and runs through the Gressoney Valley, flanked by a road, through the following municipalities:
*
Gressoney-La-Trinité
Gressoney-La-Trinité (Gressoney wae, Greschòney Drifaltigkeit or ; frp, Gressonèy-La-Trinità) is a town or ''commune'' and renowned alpine resort at the foot of Monte Rosa in the Val de Gressoney, which is part of the Aosta Valley region of ...
*
Gressoney-Saint-Jean
Gressoney-Saint-Jean (Gressoney wae, Greschòney Zer Chilchu; frp, Gressonèy-Sèn-Dzan; german: Kressenau Sankt Johann) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy.
Geography
The town is situated in a valley forme ...
*
Gaby
*
Issime
Issime ( Issime wae, Éischeme; german: Einsimmen; Valdôtain: (locally )Obsolete. Recent works in German indicate the official French name only - cfLiederbuch von Gressoney und Issime and Peter Zürrer, ''Sprachkontakt in Walser Dialekten: Gre ...
*
Fontainemore
Fontainemore ( Valdôtain: ; Issime wae, Pischu; from 1939 to 1946) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a countr ...
*
Lillianes
Lillianes ( Valdôtain: ; Issime wae, Elljini) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. I ...
*
Perloz
Perloz ( Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of northwestern 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 ...
It converges with the
Dora Baltea
Dora Baltea () or Doire Baltée () is a river in northwestern Italy. It is a left-hand tributary of the Po and is about long.
Name
The river's Latin name was ''Duria maior'', ''Duria Baltica'' or ''Duria Bautica''. Strabo called it Δουρι ...
(fr. ''Doire baltée'') as a right tributary at
Pont-Saint-Martin.
Its left-side tributaries are Avant-Cir, Glassit, Loo, Mos, Niel, Pacoulla, and Tourrison. From the right it receives: Rû de Nantay, Stolen and Valbona.
Gallery
Lys river springs.jpg, The sources of the Lys at the Lys glacier in the Monte Rosa
:
, other_name = Monte Rosa massif
, translation = Mount Rose
, photo = Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa) and Monte Rosa Glacier as seen from Gornergrat, Wallis, Switzerland, 2012 August.jpg
, photo_caption = Central Mon ...
mountain massif, below the Vincent Pyramid
The Vincent Pyramid (Walser German: Vincentpiramid, french: Pyramide Vincent, it, Piramide Vincent) () is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the border between the Italian regions of Aosta Valley and Piedmont. The Vincent Pyramid makes up ...
and close to the giant Lyskamm
Lyskamm (german: Liskamm, formerly ''Lyskamm'', literally "comb of the Lys"), also known as Silberbast (literally "silver bast"), is a mountain () in the Pennine Alps lying on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It consists of a five-kilom ...
(4.533 m)
Lys vicino a Gaby.jpg, The river close to Gaby in the Aosta Valley
, Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman)
, population_note =
, population_blank1_title = Official languages
, population_blank1 = Italian French
...
Pont-Saint-Martin-Ponte-DSCF8380.JPG, The Roman bridge of Pont-Saint-Martin
Fontainemore_veduta.jpg, In Fontainemore
Fontainemore ( Valdôtain: ; Issime wae, Pischu; from 1939 to 1946) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a countr ...
Rivers of Aosta Valley
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of the Alps
{{Italy-river-stub