Poggiolo
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″N 9°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.

Course[edit]

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[edit]

• 
  Mandriale tributary
• 
  Poggiolo above the D31 bridge
• 
  D80 bridge near the stream's mouth
• 
  Genoese Tour de Miomo north of the stream's mouth

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[edit]

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

• Mandriale: 3 km (1.9 mi)
• Cavalligna: 3 km (1.9 mi)

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