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The Gornalunga is an river located in central-eastern
Sicily (man) it, Siciliana (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = Ethnicity , demographics1_footnotes = , demographi ...
. The river springs from Monte Rossomanno, on the
Erean Mountains The Herean Mountains (also influenced by Italian as ''Erean'') ( scn, Munti Erei; it, Monti Erei; la, Heraei montes) are a mountain chain in central Sicily, southern Italy, mostly located in the central and northern areas of the province of E ...
, in the
province of Enna Enna ( it, Provincia di Enna; sicilian language, Sicilian: ''Pruvincia di Enna''; officially ''Libero consorzio comunale di Enna'') is a Provinces of Italy, province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. It was created in 1927, out ...
. After flowing through the plain of Catania, the river becomes an affluent of the Simeto river just few miles before reaching the
Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on ...
coast. Along its course, the ''Gornalunga'' forms the artificial lake, Lago di Ogliastro, and touches three provinces, Enna,
Catania Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also b ...
and
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Rivers of Italy Rivers of Sicily Rivers of the Province of Enna Rivers of the Province of Catania Rivers of the Province of Syracuse {{Italy-river-stub