Panaro (river)

Location of the River Panaro

The Panaro is a river in the Italian region Emilia -Romagna. He is a right tributary of the Po.

The length of the Panaro is 148 km; the river has a catchment area of ​​2292 km ². It is usually dry in the summer. It rises near the highest peak of the Etruscan Apennines, Monte Cimone ( 2165 m slm ), and there carries the name Rio delle Tagliole ( "Bach of the Fallen" ). Then it flows down the valley to the northeast. From Pievepelago in the province of Modena he calls himself Scoltenna, thereafter to be referred from the field of Pavullo nel Frignano as Panaro. While this route is at the limit between the two mountain communities of Frignano and from the Apennines in eastern Modena dar. Near Modena water gets Naviglio di Modena, a navigable channel, and is itself also to its confluence with the Po ( about west of Ferrara) navigable. It flows through the towns of Vignola, Finale Emilia and Bondeno.

Historically and artistically remarkable is the Ponte di Olina ( Olinabrücke ), which was built in 1522 and spans the river at the same locality in the municipality Pavullo nel Frignano.

• Po river system
• River in Europe
• Flow in the Emilia- Romagna