The Cardener is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

Catalonia Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy. Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...

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. Its source is at ''Les Fonts del Cardener'' in the municipality of

La Coma i la Pedra La Coma i la Pedra is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Solsonès in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the Lord valley in the north of the ''comarca''. The Cardener river has its source in the territory of the municipality. The local eco ...

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Solsonès Solsonès () is a comarca (county) in Catalonia, Spain. It is part of historic county of Urgell Modern-day Urgell (), also known as ''Baix Urgell'' (''baix'' meaning "lower", by contrast with Alt Urgell "Higher Urgell"), is a ''comarca'' (c ...

) at an

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of . It drains a basin of . It passes through the

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...

of Sant Ponç (25 hm³) between

Olius Olius is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Solsonès in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the Cardener river above the reservoir of Sant Ponç. The village is served by the C-149 road between Solsona and Berga. The church of Sant Estev ...

and

Clariana de Cardener Clariana de Cardener is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of the Solsonès in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated on the Cardener river below the reservoir of Sant Ponç. The village is served by the C-1410 road between Cardona and Solsona. Sub ...

(Solsonès), Cardona,

Súria Súria () is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Comarques of Catalonia, ''comarca'' of the Bages in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated in the valley of the Cardener river between Manresa and Cardona, Spain, Cardona. The area is best kn ...

and

Manresa Manresa () is the capital of the Comarca of Bages, located in the geographical centre of Catalonia, Spain, and crossed by the river Cardener. It is an industrial area with textile, metallurgical, and glass industries. The houses of Manresa are ...

(

Bages Bages () is a comarca (county) in the center of Catalonia, Spain. It includes a ''subcomarca'', Lluçanès. Industries include the mining of potash at Súria and Sallent, and the manufacture of textiles along the rivers Llobregat and Cardener ...

) before joining the

Llobregat The Llobregat () is the second longest river in Catalonia, Spain, after the Ter. It flows into the Mediterranean south of the city of Barcelona. Its name could have originated in an ancient Latin word meaning 'dark', 'sorrowful' or 'muddy', or ...

from the left at

Castellgalí Castellgalí is a municipality in the south of the region of Bages, Catalonia, where the Cardener and Llobregat rivers meet, and contains the (Cultural Asset of National Interest) Boades archaeological site and the Torre del Breny, one of the m ...

(Bages).

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