Lao RIVER, is a short but important perennial river in the course of the Tyrrhenian side of Calabria. It takes its name from the town Laos, a city of Magna Grecia. |  Over 50 km long, was born in Basilicata from Monte Serra del Prete on Massif Pollino to over 2000 m. share, in the territory of Viggianello (PZ), with the name of Mercure. Here the river has to be the prevailing trend E-W to NE-SW. Came after a few km in area at calabrese centers and Laino Borgo Laino Castello welcomes the waters of the tributaries and Battendiero Jannelli changing the name in Lao. From this point, abundant water throughout the year, enters into a spectacular gorge flowing extremely recessed for several km. Come close to receiving Orsomarso left the river Argentino, its main tributary, and exits from the Ingoli enlarging considerably in their bed, which branches off a mo 'in a variety of delta wings in order to lead in the Tirreno in the town of Scalea. | |  Although a distinctly torrential variations with very large scale (especially in autumn when it can lead to massive flooding), the Lao clearly distinguishable from the other rivers of the region for its abundant flow of medium (about 10 mc / sec ) and minimum (even in summer hardly drops below 4 m / sec), thanks to the remarkable permeability of a large part of his pelvis, making it the most important watercourse of Calabria Tyrrhenian per volume of water and the most important the minimum region for the summer. Precisely because of these unique characteristics and also for the purity of its waters, the beauty and the length of his Ingoli stretch, the river is a famous popular by fans of rafting and canoeing. The Lao also gives its name to the Riserva Statale Valle del Fiume Lao, established in 1987 within the National Park of Pollino. |
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