Lys (torrente)

Infobox River
river_name = Lys


caption = The torrente Lys at Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Valle d'Aosta, Italy
origin = Monte Rosa
mouth = Dora Baltea
basin_countries = Italy
length = 40 km
elevation = 2,500 m
mouth_elevation =
discharge =
watershed =The Lys is a small 40 km river (classified as a "torrente") which flows from the Lys glacier on the Monte Rosa massif, at the foot of Vincent-Pyramide (4215 m), and runs through the Lys Valley, flanked by a road, before converging with the Dora Baltea as a right tributary at Pont-Saint-Martin.

Its left-side tributaries are Torrente Avan-cir, Torrente Giassit, Torrente Loo, Torrente di Mos, Torrente Niel, Torrente Pacoulla, and Torrente Tourrison. From the right it receives: Rio di Nantay, Torrente Stolen and Torrente Valbona.

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