Caffaro (river)

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The Caffaro ( [ kaf aro ː ] ) is a river in the Alps. Its valley is called Valle del Caffaro.

The Caffaro rises in the Adamello massif near the border between the provinces of Brescia and Trento Monte Listino. From numerous mountain streams fed flows and it leaves the lake Laghetto Dasaré, passed the historic city Bagolino, and flows about 40 km from Ponte Caffaro ( belongs to the municipality Bagolino ) and Lodrone as border river of the above provinces and the regions in Idrosee. He now has a difference in altitude of about 2,200 meters behind.

Side by side with the river meanders the ( Strada Statale ) SS669 uphill to the Malga Gaver (mountain hut). There, the road bends to the west and leads over the Passo di Croce Domini (1892 m asl ) to the neighboring valley of the Oglio, flowing through Lake Iseo.