River
Brenta
174 km from source to mouth · Italy.
ItalyFlows into Adriatic Sea
In numbers
Length
174km
Average flow
78m³/s
Basin
1,600km²
Drop
452m
from 446 m to -6 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
174 km of river and 33 stops on the way: 24 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 446 m
- 2 kmLago di Caldonazzo5.1 km²
- 4 kmLago di Levico0.9 km²
- 5 kmLevico Terme6,171 people
- 21 kmBorgo Valsugana6,587 people
- 51 kmLago del Corlo1.5 km²
- 53 kmCismontributary
- 75 kmPove del Grappa3,044 people
- 78 kmBassano del Grappa42,395 people
- 78 kmPonte Vecchio, Bassano
- 85 kmNove4,599 people
- 86 kmCartigliano3,218 people
- 89 kmTezze4,037 people
- 95 kmLago di Camazzole0.4 km²
- 96 kmCarmignano di Brenta6,295 people
- 98 kmFontaniva6,081 people
- 100 kmGrantorto3,435 people
- 111 kmCampo San Martino3,703 people
- 112 kmPiazzola sul Brenta4,369 people
- 114 kmPieve3,286 people
- 122 kmLimena5,448 people
- 126 kmVigodarzere6,278 people
- 127 kmMejaniga11,434 people
- 128 kmPonte Altinate
- 130 kmPasserella Virginio Benetti
- 130 kmCadoneghe3,045 people
- 134 kmVigonza13,798 people
- 134 kmNoventa9,131 people
- 138 kmStra6,200 people
- 140 kmVigonovo3,535 people
- 142 kmFossò5,021 people
- 146 kmCampolongo Maggiore Liettoli3,578 people
- 148 kmBojon-Lova3,914 people
- 163 kmBacchiglionetributary
- 174 kmAdriatic Seaat -6 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in Italy
At the mouth it carries 78 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 32 seconds. It drops from 446 m to -6 m, 2.6 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 1,600 km², about the size of GP. 1.5 million people live in it. Highest water: from November to December. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- Bassano del GrappaLargest city on its banks · 42,395 people
- Treviso Airport (TSF)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 38 km from the cityCar hire at TSF airport (Treviso)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water10 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- Kayak and canoe3 put-ins and rapids mapped (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Brenta, month by month
Highest water: from November to December
Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 55 m³/s in the lowest month to 130 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
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The basin
Brenta: the basin in numbers
4,811 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 1.5millionpeople live in the basin
- 312/km²people per km²
- 640maverage altitude of the basin
- 869mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 10.0°Caverage air temperature
- 4%protected areas
- 0.2%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 43% Forest
- 56% Cropland
- 3% Pasture
- 26% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Brenta: what you find on the way
- 403WeirsBriglia di Limena and 402 more
- 13LocksCanale Piovego, Canale Taglio Novissimo and 11 more
- 22WaterfallsSalto del Fumola, Nani Caboldi, Fonte Besselle and 19 more
- 1Rapids
- 2Canoe put-insSan Gaetano, San Gaetano, scivolo
- 4Boat ramps
- 1Ferry piersVilla Pisani
- 3MarinasAntica Pescheria di Stra, Centro Nautico Emmecar
- 2River beachesSpiaggetta - Carpané (San Nazario), Paradise Beach
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.6 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Brenta in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
4lakes on its wayLakeyas
5beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
79mountains at the sourcePeakyas
32islands off the mouthIslandyas
Lakes and reservoirs (4)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Lago di Caldonazzokm 2 · 49 m deep5.1km²
- Lago di Levicokm 4 · 38 m deep0.9km²
- Lago del Corlokm 49 · 68 m deep1.5km²
- Lago di Camazzolekm 900.4km²
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Beaches (5)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Litorale di Pellestrina11 km away25.8°C
- Spiaggia di Sottomarina5.8 km away25.9°C
- Spiaggia di Isola Bacucco6.9 km away25.9°C
- Spiaggia di Rosolina Mare9.8 km away25.9°C
- Spiaggia Libera Albarella14 km away25.9°C
Mountains at the source (79)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Cima Portule14 km away · prominence 164 m2,310m
- Monte Gronlait12 km away · prominence 231 m2,383m
- Monte Fravort10 km away · prominence 186 m2,347m
- Monte Trentin15 km away2,325m
- Cima di Cavè15 km away2,296m
- Oscivart10 km away2,283m
- Becco di Filadonna7.4 km away · prominence 943 m2,150m
- Monte Cola13 km away2,262m
71 more on PeakyasOpen Peakyas ↗
Islands off the mouth (32)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Island of Venice29 km away5.2km²
- Lido di Venezia23 km away4.0km²
- Poveglia23 km away0.1km²
- Giudecca27 km away0.6km²
- San Michele30 km away0.2km²
- San Giorgio Maggiore28 km away0.1km²
- San Lazzaro degli Armeni26 km away0.0km²
- Venetian Ghetto29 km away
24 more on IslandyasIslandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Brenta in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (5)
Also: Bacchiglione, Cismon, Gorzone, Oliero, Torrente Centa
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q214551) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Lakeyas, Coastya, Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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