Poggiolo (stream)

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Poggiolo
Santa-Maria-di-Lota embouchure du Poggiolo a Miomo.jpg
Mouth of the Poggiolo
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Location
Country France
Region Corsica
Department Haute-Corse
Physical characteristics
Mouth Tyrrhenian Sea
  coordinates
42°44′25″N9°27′41″E / 42.7402°N 9.4613°E / 42.7402; 9.4613

The Poggiolo (French : Ruisseau de Poggiolo, Corsican : Fiume di Poggiolu) is a small coastal stream in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It enters the Tyrrhenian Sea from the east of the Cap Corse peninsula.

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Course

The Poggiolo is 6.94 kilometres (4.31 mi) long and flows through the communes of San-Martino-di-Lota and Santa-Maria-di-Lota. [1] The stream rises in the Serra di Guagalone. [2] Its source is to the east of the 1,198 metres (3,930 ft) U Cimone. It flows south and then east past the village of Santa-Maria-di-Lota to enter the sea in the village of Miomo. [3] Its mouth is south of the Miomo pebble beach. [2]

For thirteen centuries the coasts of Corsica were at risk of being raided. The Genoese built a tower, the Torra di Miomu, near the mouth of the Poggiolu to guard its valley. [2]

Environment

The stream flows through a hilly schist landscape covered in thick maquis shrubland, with groves of green oaks ( Quercus ilex ). Along its banks there are ash trees, alders, hornbeams, hops and chestnut trees. [4] The stream is populated with brown trout (Salmo trutta). [5] The stream is in the Chenaies vertes du Cap Corse (Cap Corse green oaks) Zone naturelle d'intérêt écologique, faunistique et floristique (ZNIEFF). [6] [7]

Tributaries

The following streams (ruisseaux) are tributaries of the Poggiolo: [1]

Notes

    1. 1 2 Ruisseau de Poggiolo, Sandre.
    2. 1 2 3 San-Martino-di-Lota, Sites à visiter.
    3. Relation: Ruisseau de Poggiolo (9423066).
    4. Notre commune... San-Martino-di-Lota.
    5. Arrête n°2B-2020-11-12-005, p. 8.
    6. ZNIEFF 940004078.
    7. Annexe 2-2.

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