Poggiolo (stream)

Poggiolo
Mouth of the Poggiolo
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Location
Country	France
Region	Corsica
Department	Haute-Corse
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Tyrrhenian Sea
• coordinates	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

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

• 
  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

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

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

Notes

1. Ruisseau de Poggiolo, Sandre.
2. San-Martino-di-Lota, Sites à visiter.
3. Relation: Ruisseau de Poggiolo (9423066).
4. Notre commune... San-Martino-di-Lota.
5. Arrête n°2B-2020-11-12-005, p. 8.
6. ZNIEFF 940004078.
7. Annexe 2-2.

Sources

• "Annexe 2-2" (PDF), Inventaire national du patrimoine naturel (INPN) (in French), MNHN & OFB, retrieved 2021-01-13
• Arrête n°2B-2020-11-12-005 (PDF) (in French), Préfet de la Haute-Corse, 12 November 2020, retrieved 2022-01-13
• Notre commune (in French), Commune de San-Martino-di-Lota, retrieved 2022-01-13
• "Relation: Ruisseau de Poggiolo (9423066)", OpenStreetMap, retrieved 2022-01-13
• "Ruisseau de Poggiolo", Sandre, retrieved 2021-01-13
• "San-Martino-di-Lota", Sites à visiter (in French), retrieved 2022-01-13
• "ZNIEFF 940004078 Chenaies vertes du Cap Corse", Inventaire national du patrimoine naturel (INPN) (in French), MNHN & OFB, retrieved 2022-01-13