Golo River

Golo River

Infobox River | river_name = Golo



caption = old Golo bridge near Castello-di-Rostino
origin = central Corsica
mouth = Tyrrhenian Sea
coord|42|31|23|N|9|32|5|E|name=Tyrrhenian Sea-Golo|display=inline,title
basin_countries = France
length = 90 km
elevation =
discharge =
watershed =
The Golo River is the longest (convert|90|km|mi) river on the island of Corsica, France. Its source is in the mountainous middle of the island, south of Monte Cinto. It flows generally northeast, through Calacuccia and Ponte-Leccia, and ends in the Tyrrhenian Sea approximately 20km south of Bastia, near the Bastia - Poretta Airport. Its entire course is in the Haute-Corse "département".

References

*http://www.geoportail.fr
* [http://sandre.eaufrance.fr/app/chainage/courdo/htm/Y7--0200.php?cg=Y7--0200 The Golo at the Sandre database]


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