River
Reno
211 km from source to mouth · Italy.
ItalyFlows into Adriatic Sea10th longest in Italy
In numbers
Length
211km
Average flow
95m³/s
Basin
5,040km²
Drop
420m
from 415 m to -5 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
211 km of river and 21 stops on the way: 11 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmSourceat 415 m
- 0 kmPonte sul Reno di Biagioni
- 11 kmPorretta Terme3,632 people
- 34 kmVergato4,697 people
- 55 kmSettatributary
- 56 kmSasso Marconi6,115 people
- 57 kmReno Viaduct
- 63 kmBorgonuovo4,217 people
- 68 kmCasalecchio di Reno33,789 people
- 73 kmPontelungo
- 95 kmCastello d'Argile3,778 people
- 103 kmPieve di Cento6,254 people
- 104 kmCento18,191 people
- 125 kmPoggio Renatico5,306 people
- 164 kmArgenta7,064 people
- 169 kmIdicetributary
- 170 kmLavezzola3,017 people
- 172 kmSillarotributary
- 178 kmSanternotributary
- 185 kmSeniotributary
- 204 kmVolta Scirocco
- 205 kmValli di Comacchio104 km²
- 211 kmAdriatic Seaat -5 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 95 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 26 seconds. It drops from 415 m to -5 m, 2.0 m per kilometre on average. Its basin covers 5,040 km², about the size of TT. 1.1 million people live in it. Highest water: from November to January. No large dam holds it back: it is one of the world's free-flowing rivers.
Where to start
- Casalecchio di RenoLargest city on its banks · 33,789 people
- Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 7 km from the cityCar hire at BLQ airport (Bologna)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water2 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From May to SeptemberThe best months to visit
Reno, month by month
Highest water: from November to January
Best months to visit: from May to September.
From about 19 m³/s in the lowest month to 110 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
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Reno: the basin in numbers
5,615 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 1.1millionpeople live in the basin
- 204/km²people per km²
- 243maverage altitude of the basin
- 787mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 12.6°Caverage air temperature
- 4%protected areas
- 2.0%covered by lakes
What covers the basin
- 25% Forest
- 38% Cropland
- 11% Pasture
- 9% 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
Reno: what you find on the way
- 30WeirsChiusa di Casalecchio and 29 more
- 16LocksParaporto Condotto Canalazzo, Antico paraporto della Ghisiliera, Nuovo paraporto della Ghisiliera and 13 more
- 5WaterfallsCascata, Cascata del Sasso Nero, Cascata del Piantone and 2 more
- 2Ferry piers
- 1River beachesLido di Casalecchio
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.6 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Reno 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.
1lake on its wayLakeyas
8beaches at the mouth and on the banksCoastya
48mountains at the sourcePeakyas
Lakes and reservoirs (1)
Lakes it flows through, by Lakeyas
- Valli di Comacchiokm 187104km²
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Beaches (8)
At the mouth (25 km) and on the banks, by Coastya
- Vela16 km away26.1°C
- Big Mama Beach12 km away26.1°C
- Lido di Pomposa14 km away26.2°C
- Lido Adriano20 km away26.1°C
- Lido di Spina6.8 km away26.2°C
- Lido degli Estensi8.7 km away26.2°C
- Lido degli Scacchi13 km away26.2°C
- Bagno Giada21 km away26.1°C
Mountains at the source (48)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Corno alle Scale10 km away · prominence 299 m1,945m
- Monte Spigolino13 km away · prominence 90 m1,827m
- Monte Cupolino12 km away1,852m
- La Nuda10 km away · prominence 131 m1,828m
- Monte Gennaio8.6 km away · prominence 180 m1,814m
- Poggio dei Malandrini8.2 km away1,662m
- Monte Tresca4.8 km away1,473m
- Monte Pianaccetto4.7 km away1,384m
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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
Reno in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (7)
Also: Santerno, Senio, Sillaro, Idice, Setta, Limentra, Maresca
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q658594) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed along the river network from the point 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 — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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