- Reno River
Infobox River | river_name = Reno
caption = The Reno river
origin = TuscanApennines ,Italy
mouth =Adriatic Sea
basin_countries =Italy
length = 211.8 km
elevation =
discharge = 95 m³/s
watershed = 5,040 km² The Reno is a river ofEmilia-Romagna , northernItaly . 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) [In Italian both rivers are called "Reno".] , as both derive from a Celtic word meaning "flowing (of water)"It has a
drainage basin of c. 5,000 km² [Reno Basin Authority] . The annual average discharge at the mouth is c. 95 m³/s; at the point the river start to flow in thePianura 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.The river rises in the Le Lari massif of theprovince of Pistoia (Tuscany ) at c. 745 m over the sea level, from two streams which join near Le Piastre, in the "comune " ofPistoia . 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, forApennine rivers, only to that of the Nera-Velino inUmbria .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 andSenio . The river’s mouth is on theAdriatic Sea , nearCasalborsetti , south-east of theValli di Comacchio .Other
*The river is mentioned by
Dante Alighieri in Canto XVIII of his "Inferno " where he defines the Bolognesi as those "living between theSavena and the Reno".
*In 43 BC the pact establishing theSecond triumvirate was signed on an islet of the river near the then Roman city of Bononia.Footnotes
External links
* [http://www.prolocogalliera.it/territorio-reno.php Historical and geographical info] it icon
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