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The mountains of Calabrian Upper Ionio are mainly made of flysch, which is not good for canyons. Occasionally, however, more compact rocks emerge: sandstones, marls, limestones, in which the streams can carve suggestive but generally very short gorges.

Near Castrorègio, an outcrop of marl hosts the beautiful forms of Placa canyon.

Name	Fosso di Placa
Area	Calabria
Nearest village	Castroregio
Elevation loss	55 m
Length	200 m
Highest cascade	8 m
Rock	Marl
Rating	3
Shuttle	No
Explored by	Michele Angileri; April 6th 2024

I remember ...

I thought I would find something more at Fosso di Placa. I knew where the most interesting section was, I had located it a couple of years before, but I thought there were other interesting sections both upstream and downstream.
But no, there was nothing else.