The
Lago di Mezzola is a small lake in the Italian region of
Lombardy 
, measuring 5.9 km2 (2.3 sq mi).
Geography
It lies between the Pian di Spagna to the south, which divides it from
Lake Como 
and is an ecologically important wetland habitat, and the Piano di
Chiavenna 
to the north, which leads up to Chiavenna. Both are crossed by the river Mera which is Lago di Mezzola's most important inflow, as well as its sole outflow, and which connects it to Lake Como. The lake has two further inflows, the Codera, which runs through the
Val Codera 
before entering the lake at
Novate Mezzola 
, and the Ratti which runs through the Valle dei Ratti and enters the lake a little to the south at
Verceia 
. The Lago di Mezzola and the Pian di Spagna together make up the Riserva Naturale Pian di Spagna e Lago di Mezzola.
Formerly this area was part of the northern branch of Lake Como, which extended as far north as
Samolaco 
, known in antiquity as
Summus Lacus (Latin for "Head of the Lake").