Calore lucano

Infobox River | river_name = Calore lucano


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origin = Monte Cervati
elevation =
mouth = Sele
basin_countries = Italy
length = 63 km
discharge = 29.80 m³/s
watershed = 780 km²:"It is frequently confused with another river in Italy named Calore, in the same "regione" Campania" (see Calore Irpino)."The Calore Lucano (or "Calore Salernitano") is a river in Campania,
southern Italy, whose course is entirely included in the province of Salerno, within Cilento, for a total of about 63 kilometers. It is an important left tributary of the Sele. In ancient times it was known as "Calor".

It rises in the northern slopes of Monte Cervati, in the Apennine Mountains and flows through the Parco nazionale del Cilento e Vallo di Diano. For long reaches it flows between high rocky walls, as near Laurino or in the gorge of Monte Pescorubino, between the localities of Magliano Vetere and Felitto.

It empties into the Sele not far from the ancient city of Paestum.

The Calore is one of the few rivers in Europe in which the European Otter still lives.

References

*cite book|first=Cosimo |last=De Giorgi|title=Viaggio nel Cilento|publisher= Giuseppe Galzerano Editore|year=1995