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Encyclopedia > Reno River
Reno
The Reno river
Origin Tuscan Apennines, Italy
Mouth Adriatic Sea
Basin countries Italy
Length 211.8 km
Avg. discharge 95 m³/s
Basin area 5,040 km²

The Reno is a river of Emilia-Romagna, northern Italy. It is the tenth longest river in Italy (the sixth longest of those which flow directly into the sea) and the most important of the region apart from the Po. The name of the river has the same etymology as the German Rhein (Rhine River)[1], as both derive from a Celtic word meaning "flowing (of water)" [[ == Headline text == This article does not cite its references or sources. ... This is about the terrestrial mountain range. ... A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ... This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... In hydrology, the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time. ... Emilia-Romagna is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ... The Po (Latin: Padus, Italian: Po) is a river that flows 652 kilometers (405 miles) eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso (in the Cottian Alps) to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. ... The Rhine (Dutch: ; French: ; German: ; Italian: ; Romansh: ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe at 1,320 kilometres (820 miles), with an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second. ... Proto-Indo-European Indo-European studies Celtic languages are a branch of the Indo-European languages. ...


It has a drainage basin of c. 5,000 km²[2]. The annual average discharge at the mouth is c. 95 m³/s; at the point the river start to flow in the Pianura Padana (Po River Plain), it amounts to c. 25 m³/s. The highest values registered at the mouth have approached 2,300 m³/s, but the typical value when the river is in flood is around 1,000 m³/s. The minimal discharge reported is 0.6 m³/s. This article includes a list of works cited but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... The Po (Latin: Padus, Italian: Po) is a river that flows 652 kilometers (405 miles) eastward across northern Italy, from Monviso (in the Cottian Alps) to the Adriatic Sea near Venice. ...

The river near Sasso Marconi, at the beginning of its course in the Pianura Padana.
The river near Sasso Marconi, at the beginning of its course in the Pianura Padana.

The river rises in the Le Lari massif of the province of Pistoia (Tuscany) at c. 745 m over the sea level, from two streams which join near Le Piastre, in the comune of Pistoia. Its upper course marks the border between Tuscany and Emilia-Romagna and flows in a wooded area crossed by the Bologna-Porretta-Pistoia railway line (inaugurated in 1864 and one of the most outstanding for the time as for engineering effort). The upper course is characterized by several artificial reservoirs whose dams are used for hydro-electric energy production. The power produced in the basin of the Reno basin is second, for Apennine rivers, only to that of the Nera-Velino in Umbria. Sasso Marconi, 44°23′ N 11°14′ E, 128 m (420 ft) above sea‑level, is a town and comune of Bologna province in Italy, 17 kilometres SSW of Bologna, with 13. ... Pistoia (It. ... Tuscany (Italian: ) is one of the 20 Regions of Italy. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... Pistoia (ancient Pistoria) is a city in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km (18 mi) west and north of Florence. ... Opening statment Hydropower is the capture of the energy of moving water for some useful purpose. ... This is about the terrestrial mountain range. ... Nera River may refer to one of the following. ... Umbria is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. ...


In its lower course the Reno receives the water of numerous streams, some of which are seasonal. The most important include the Limentra, Silla, Setta, Idice, Sillaro, Santerno and Senio. The river’s mouth is on the Adriatic Sea, near Casalecchio di Reno, south-east of the Valli di Comacchio. A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ... Casalecchio di Reno is a comune of Italy of 32,877 inhabitants, situated in the Province of Bologna. ...


Other

  • The river is mentioned by Dante Alighieri in Canto XVIII of his Inferno where he defines the Bolognesi as those "living between the Savena and the Reno".
  • In 43 BC the pact establishing the Second triumvirate was signed on a islet of the river near the then Roman city of Bononia.

Dante in a fresco series of famous men by Andrea del Castagno, ca. ... // Inferno means a large fire in general or hell in particular; it derives from Latin infernus, meaning hell, underworld ( beneath). ... Bologna (IPA , from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Emiliano-Romagnolo) is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy, in the Pianura Padana, between the Po River and the Apennines, exactly between the Reno River and the Sàvena River. ... The Second Triumvirate is the name historians give to the official political alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (Octavian, later Caesar Augustus), Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, and Mark Antony formed on 26 November 43 BC. There have been two 5-year terms, covering the period 43 BC – 33 BC. Unlike the...

Footnotes

  1. ^ In Italian both rivers are called Reno.
  2. ^ Reno Basin Authority

External links

  • Historical and geographical info (Italian)


 

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