What is "liro"

The Liro is a torrente, or stream, in the north Italian Province of Como. The drainage basin is triangular in shape; its principal source lies on Monte Marmontana near the Swiss border and flows through the Valle San Iorio (also Jorio). The second source lies to the northeast on the slopes of Pizzo Martello and forms the Valle del Dosso. Near Dosso del Liro the stream receives the waters of the torrente Ronzone, which flows from Monte Duria through the Val d’Inferno. The Liro enters Lake Como at Gravedona.

The Liro is an Alpine torrente of the north Italian Province of Sondrio which rises near the Splügen Pass and the boundary with Switzerland. It runs the length of the Valle Spluga (or Val San Giacomo) before joining the Mera from the right at Prata Camportaccio, a little southwest of Chiavenna. At the upper part of its course by Montespluga it forms a small reservoir, the Lago di Montespluga, elevation . It forms a second, and still smaller, lake at Isola.

Liro may refer to:

• Liro, Benin
• A village on the Vanatuan island of Paama

The Liro is the name of two streams in the Italian region of Lombardy.

• The Liro (Como) of the Province of Como, which runs through the Valle San Iorio and enters Lake Como at Gravedona
• The Liro (Sondrio) of the Province of Sondrio, which runs through the Valle Spluga (or Val San Giacomo) and is a tributary of the river Mera