Torrent or torrents may refer to: * A fast flowing

stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a stream ...

Animals

Torrent duck The torrent duck (''Merganetta armata'') is a member of the duck, goose and swan family (biology), family Anatidae. It is the only member of the genus ''Merganetta''. It is placed in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae after the "perching duck" ass ...

, a species of the family Anatidae *

Torrent fish The torrentfish (''Cheimarrichthys fosteri''), or panoko (Māori), is an amphidromous freshwater fish that is endemic to New Zealand. Torrentfish are well adapted to life in shallow, fast-flowing riffles and rapids. They grow to a maximum of i ...

Torrent frog Torrent frogs are a number of unrelated frogs that prefer to inhabit small rapid-flowing mountain or hill streams with a lot of torrents. They are generally smallish neobatrachians with a greyish-brown and usually darkly mottled back, giving them e ...

, various unrelated frogs *

Torrent robin The torrent flyrobin (''Monachella muelleriana'') is a species of passerine bird in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. It is also known as the torrent robin. It is placed in the monotypic genus ''Monachella''. The species occurs in New G ...

, a bird species * Torrent salamander, a family of salamanders

Arts and entertainment

* ''Torrent'' (1926 film), starring Greta Garbo * ''The Torrent'' (1924 film), film directed by William Doner and A. P. Younger * ''

The Torrent Torrent or torrents may refer to: * A fast flowing stream Animals * Torrent duck, a species of the family Anatidae * Torrent fish * Torrent frog, various unrelated frogs * Torrent robin, a bird species * Torrent salamander, a family of sala ...

(Le Torrent)'', 2012 Canadian film directed by Simon Lavoie * ''

The Torrents ''The Torrents'' is a 1955 Australian play by Oriel Gray, set in the late 19th century, about the arrival of a female journalist in an all-male newspaper office, and an attempt to develop irrigation-based agriculture in a former gold mining town. ...

'', a 1955 Australian play * ''Torrent'' (play) (, ''Kuángliú''), a Chinese play about the life of

Tian Han Tian Han ( zh, 田汉; 12 March 1898 – 10 December 1968), formerly romanized as T'ien Han, was a Chinese drama activist, playwright, a leader of revolutionary music and films, as well as a translator and poet. He emerged at the time of the ...

* ''Torrent'' (TV series), a technology show

Computing

* BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) communications protocol *

Torrent file In the BitTorrent file distribution system, a torrent file or meta-info file is a computer file that contains metadata about files and folders to be distributed, and usually also a list of the network locations of trackers, which are computer ...

, stores metadata used for BitTorrent

Corporations

Torrent Group Torrent Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate, based in Ahmedabad. It was founded by Uttambhai Nathalal Mehta, and now run by his sons, Sudhir and Samir Mehta. The core businesses of the group are gas, pharmaceuticals and power. S ...

, an Indian business house, and its subsidiary companies: **

Torrent Cables Torrent Cables Limited was incorporated on March 22, 1991. It was an Indian cable manufacturing company based in Ahmedabad. Its key products and provided services included XLPE Cables (HT), XLPE Cables (LT), PVC cables, with other manufactu ...

Torrent Pharmaceuticals Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company, owned by Torrent Group and headquartered in Ahmedabad. It was promoted by U. N. Mehta, initially as Trinity Laboratories Ltd, and was later renamed Torrent Pharma ...

Torrent Power Torrent Power is an Indian energy and power company, having interests in power generation, transmission, distribution and manufacturing and supply of power cables. The company distributes power to over 38.5 lakh customers annually in its distri ...

People

Ana Torrent Ana Torrent Bertrán de Lis (born 12 July 1966) is a Spanish film actress. Early life and career Her debut came in 1973 with the starring role as "Ana" in the film ''El espíritu de la colmena'' (''The Spirit of the Beehive''), directed by V ...

(born 1966), Spanish actress *

Domènec Torrent Domènec Torrent Font (born 14 July 1962) is a Spanish professional Association football, football Manager (association football), manager and former player. He recently managed Turkish club Galatasaray S.K. (football), Galatasaray. After playi ...

(born 1962), Spanish professional football manager *

Marion Torrent Marion Torrent (born 17 April 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays for Division 1 Féminine club Montpellier and the France national team. She can play either as a defender or a defensive midfielder. Club career Torrent joined M ...

(born 1992), French footballer *

Ramon Torrents Ramón Torrents (born 6 December 1937) is a Spanish comic book artist. Career Ramón Torrents was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, northern Spain. He began his career drawing for the comic ''Space Ace''. He later worked on romance comics for Brit ...

(born 1937), Spanish comic book artist *

Stanislas Torrents Stanislas Torrents (1839-1916) was a French painter. His parents were Spanish. His paintings are in the collections of many museums, including the Musée Louis Vouland in Avignon. Stanislas Torrents-Claire Charles-Roux.jpg, ''Mme Claire Charle ...

(1839–1916), French painter

Places

Torrent, Valencia Torrent ( es, Torrente) is a city located within the metropolitan area of the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the largest municipality of the Horta Oest ''comarca'', with 83,962 inhabitants (2020). It is situated some 7 km from Valencia city ...

, a city in Spain *

Torrent, Girona Torrent is a village and municipality in the ''comarca'' of Baix Emporda, province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain. References External links Government data pages Municipalities in Baix Empordà Populated place ...

, a Spanish village *

Torrent Bay Torrent Bay / Rākauroa is a bay in Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand. History Torrent Bay was named by French explorer Dumont D'Urville during his exploration and mapping of this area of New Zealand in 1827. The area was surveyed as a vil ...

, New Zealand *

Torrent Falls Torrent Falls is a landmark outdoor residential property near the small community of Torrent, Kentucky, USA, which is near Natural Bridge State Park, Red River Gorge and Daniel Boone National Forest in Kentucky. At one time, a health and vacation ...

, an outdoor area in Kentucky, United States *

Torrent River The Torrent River is a river of the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows east to reach Torrent Bay on the Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere coast of the Abel Tasman National Park. The Abel Tasman Track crosses the river close to its ...

, which feeds into the bay *

River Torrent River Torrent is a river in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland which enters the River Blackwater approximately 4 km (2.5 mi) from Maghery ferry. It previously acted as a source of industrial waterpower. The river runs through the small v ...

, Northern Ireland *

Torrenthorn The Torrenthorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Leukerbad in the canton of Valais Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages out ...

, a mountain of the Bernese Alps, Valais, Switzerland ** Torrent, Switzerland, a ski area on Torrenthorn, near Leukerbad

Vehicles

Pontiac Torrent The Pontiac Torrent is a mid-size crossover SUV produced by General Motors for the 2006 to 2009 model years. A replacement for the Aztek, it was a mildly restyled version of the first-generation Chevrolet Equinox. The Torrent shared its basic b ...

, a crossover SUV automobile by GM's Pontiac from 2005 to 2009 * ''Torrent'' (ship), an American sailing ship wrecked in 1868

Other uses

FC Milwaukee Torrent FC Milwaukee Torrent is an American soccer team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The club fields a men's and women's team. The men play in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), and the women play in the Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) ...

, a semi-professional soccer team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Les Torrents, the sports teams of the

Université du Québec en Outaouais The Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) is a constituent university of the Université du Québec system located in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. As of September 2010, combined enrolment at UQO's Gatineau and Saint-Jérôme campuses was 6,017, ...

, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada