Spöl

Confluence of the Spoel in the Lago di Livigno, Livigno at, Looking Süden46.55558510.147569

The Spoel (German and advises. , Written in Italian-speaking Spoel or Spol and formerly called Aqua Granda ) is a 28 km long river in Italy and in Switzerland. Its valley is called Romansh Val dal Spöl.

Run

The Spoel originates on the Alpe Vago under the Forcola di Livigno Livigno in the western Alps on the Swiss- Italian border, flows through Livigno and flows Zernez into the Inn. In this way he traversed the lakes Lago di Livigno and Lai da Ova Spin and flows in part on the territory of the Swiss National Park.

The upper course follows the wide, flat valley floor of a partly shaped by Ice Age glaciers trough valley, while the second half of its course runs almost exclusively in impassable ravines. The upper valley of the elongated village of Livigno has always been about the easily passable Forcola di Livigno from the south much easier to reach than the forth Inn Valley, which is also reflected in the membership of the upper valley of Italy. About the steep valley slopes north of the lower reaches of the furnace pass road leads east to Val Müstair and South Tyrol.

Incident

Due to an incident at the Engadine power plants, favored by the exceptionally low water level in the Lago di Livigno, the Spöl Bach was born on March 30, 2013, cover below the dam Punt dal Gall to the equalization tank Ova Spin on a length of about six kilometers with mud. Thousands of brook trout and other aquatic life died.