Lys (Dora Baltea)

Lys
The torrente Lys at Gressoney-Saint-Jean, Valle d'Aosta, Italy
Origin	Monte Rosa
Mouth	Dora Baltea
Basin countries	Italy
Length	40 km
Source elevation	2,500 m

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 Avant-Cir, Glassit, Loo, Mos, Niel, Pacoulla, and Tourrison. From the right it receives: Rû de Nantay, Stolen and Valbona.

References

This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the Italian Wikipedia.