Lambro

Lambro
Lambro
	The river in the Park of Monza
Location
Country	Italy
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Alps, Italy
• elevation	1,685 m (5,528 ft)
Mouth	Po
• coordinates	45°08′15″N 9°32′42″E / 45.1376°N 9.5450°E
Length	130 km (81 mi)
Basin size	1,950 km2 (750 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	5.8 m3/s (200 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Po→ Adriatic Sea

The Lambro (

Po

.

The Lambro rises from the

Umberto I was assassinated by Gaetano Bresci) in two branches which join again before the river passes through the eastern part of Milan. At Melegnano it receives the waters of the Vettabbia and, at Sant'Angelo Lodigiano, those of its main tributary, the Lambro meridionale ("Southern Lambro"), almost doubling its discharge. The Lambro flows into the Po near Orio Litta

.

At 5.8 cubic metres per second (200 cu ft/s) the average discharge of the Lambro is relatively small, but it can be occasionally boosted to 40 m³/s or more by the Milanese water drains and dangerous floods are frequent in the rainy seasons.

The name Lambro was used for a popular three-wheeler commercial transport vehicle produced by Milanese automaker

motor scooters

.

Etymology

According to Pokorny's Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (Indo-European Etymological Dictionary), 1132 (legʷh-), Lambrus corresponds to Greek ἐλαφρός, meaning 'light (in weight), quick, nimble' ('leicht, flink' in German) and is related to Illyrian lembus (*lengʷho-s) 'light vehicle' ('leichtes Fahrzeug' in German), whence also Greek λέμβος. Pokorny cites Krahe, Gymnasium 59 (1952), p. 79.

Pollution

Lambro drains a very densely populated and heavily industrialized zone, including a significant portion of the Milan metropolitan area with a population of more than 3,000,000. Before the construction of a treatment plant in 2002, almost all of the sewage from the city of Milan flowed untreated into the river, as well as industrial sewages.

Saboteur oil spill

Despite the implementation of sewage treatment, overall water quality remained poor, until the major disaster of 23 February 2010, when unknown criminals poured into the river, near

civil defence's efforts in order to stop the flow, then reached Po river. This disaster caused considerable damage to wildlife and vegetation, both in Lambro and in Po, and its effects will be evident for many years afterwards, making it one of the worst environmental crises in recent history in Italy.^[1]

References

^ NICOLE WINFIELD "Lambro River Oil Spill May Create 'Ecological Disaster' In Italy" Huffington Post, 2010-02-24

[1] NICOLE WINFIELD "Lambro River Oil Spill May Create 'Ecological Disaster' In Italy" Huffington Post, 2010-02-24

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