Reno (river)

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Reno
The river near Sasso Marconi, at the beginning of its course in the Pianura Padana
Location of the Reno River in Italy
Etymology	Celtic *Rēnos, "raging flow"
Native name	Raggn, Ränn (Emilian)
Location
Country	Italy
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Tuscan Apennines, Italy
Mouth
• location	Adriatic Sea
Length	211.8 km (131.6 mi)
Basin size	4,628 km2 (1,787 sq mi)
Discharge
• average	95 m3/s (3,400 cu ft/s)

The Reno ([ˈrɛːno]) is a river of Emilia-Romagna and Tuscany, northern Italy. At 211 km (131 mi),^[1] it is the tenth longest river in Italy (the sixth longest of those that flow directly into the sea) and the most important of the region apart from the Po.^[2]

It has a drainage basin of 4,628 square kilometres (1,787 sq mi).^[1] The annual average discharge at the mouth is about 95 cubic metres per second (3,400 cu ft/s); at the point where the river flows into the Pianura Padana (Po River Plain), it amounts to about 25 cubic metres per second (880 cu ft/s). The highest values registered at its outflow into the Po Plain have approached 2,300 cubic metres per second (81,000 cu ft/s), but the typical value when the river is in flood is around 1,000 cubic metres per second (35,000 cu ft/s).^[2] The minimal discharge reported is 0.6 cubic metres per second (21 cu ft/s).