The Panaro is an Italian river and the final right-hand tributary to the
Po, discounting the
Cavo Napoleonico canal
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. It runs right across
Emilia-Romagna
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in a north-easterly direction: from its source close to the
Apennine watershed, where Emilia-Romagna meets
Tuscany
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, to its outlet where the Po marks the region's boundary with
Veneto
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. Its Latin name was ''Scultenna''.
It is long, with a
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
; alternating between aridity in summer and fullness in spring and autumn.
Its principal source, the Rio delle Tagliole, rises at Foce a Giovo,
Monte Rondinaio
Monte may refer to:
Places Argentina
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* Monte Desert
* Monte Partido, a ''partido'' in Buenos Aires Province
Italy
* Monte Bregagno
* Monte Cassino
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Portugal
* Monte ...
, some south-west of highest peak of the
Tuscan-
Emillian Apennines,
Monte Cimone
Monte Cimone is the highest mountain in the northern Apennines, of Italy.
Geography
The mountain has an elevation of 2,165 m and is also the highest point in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.
It encompasses the ''comuni'' of Fiumalbo ...
, elevation . From here it flows down the valley in a northeastern direction. At
Pievepelago
Pievepelago ( Frignanese: or ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Modena in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna in the heart of the northern Apennine Mountains. Situated on the ''Scoltenna river'', in a mountain valley, it is a ...
(in the
Province of Modena
The Province of Modena ( it, Provincia di Modena) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena.
It has an area of and a total population of about 701,000 (2015). There are 48 ''comuni'' (singular: ''co ...
) it changes name to Scoltenna, assuming in the territory of
Pavullo nel Frignano finally that of Panaro. In this area it makes up the border between the communities of Montana del Frignano and Montana dell’appennino Modena Est. Close to
Modena, it joins the Naviglio de Modena and becomes navigable until its confluence with the Po, a little to the west of
Ferrara. It runs through
Vignola
Vignola (Emilian language#Dialects, Modenese: ; Bolognese dialect, Bolognese: ) is a city and ''comune'' in the province of Modena (Emilia-Romagna), Italy.
Its economy is based on agriculture, especially fruit farming, but there are also mechani ...
,
Finale Emilia and
Bondeno.
Of particular historical and artistic interest is the bridge of Olina, constructed in 1522, crossing the river close to the small town of the same name, in the
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
of
Pavullo nel Frignano
Rivers of Italy
Rivers of Emilia-Romagna
Rivers of the Province of Modena
Rivers of the Province of Ferrara
Rivers of the Apennines
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