Lago Moro, Alpine lake in Province of Brescia, Italy
Lago Moro is a small alpine lake in the lower Valle Camonica, in the Bergamasque Prealps, at 381 m between the Sorline and Rodino hills below Monte Pora and Monte Altissimo. It measures 820 m by 320 m, covers 0.174 km² and reaches 42.20 m deep. Its steep walls of reddish-brown quartzose rock, the Verrucano Lombardo known locally as Pietra Simona, drop straight into dark, cold water.
The lake lay entirely within Angolo Terme until 1959, when its boundary was divided with Darfo Boario Terme. The surrounding hills hold traces of long use: the Corni freschi engraved boulder near the Monticolo dates to about 2500 BC, and the Castellino hill shows prehistoric to Roman settlement. The Parco del Lago Moro was established by Lombardy in 2000.
The lake's name may come from the dark colour of its water or from the Celtic moir, meaning a low lake. Local Camunian legends, the bòte, were collected in print by don Lino Ertani; the best known tells of a cradle that appears in the middle of the water on full-moon nights. Since 1973 the Amici del Lago Moro association has organised conferences, photo and literary contests and art auctions for the lake.
The lake can be reached by several hiking paths that start from different points and vary in length and difficulty. Visitors should be prepared for mountain weather and terrain conditions typical of this upland area.
The lake forms a closed basin with no natural inflows or outflows, creating rare conditions that support specialized plant and animal life. This isolation shapes what grows and lives in and around the water.
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