| Poggiolo | |
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 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 Coordinates: 42°44′25″N9°27′41″E / 42.7402°N 9.4613°E |
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.
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]
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]
The following streams (ruisseaux) are tributaries of the Poggiolo: [1]
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