Rienz

Rienz
The Rienz river, near St. Lorenzen
Origin	Sexten Dolomites
Mouth	Tre Cime di Lavaredo
Basin countries	Italy
Length	approx. 80 km (50 mi)
Source elevation	2,200 m (7,200 ft)
Basin area	2,143 km2 (827 sq mi)

The Rienz (Italian: Rienza, German: Rienz) is a river in South Tyrol, Italy. Its source is located at 2,180 m of altitude, in the Dolomites mountaines, south of Toblach: near Toblach it enters in the Puster Valley, and, after 90 km (56 mi), it meets the Eisack river in the city of Brixen, at 550 m of altitude.

The Rienz flows through the following municipalities (source to mouth): Toblach, Niederdorf, Welsberg-Taisten, Olang, Rasen-Antholz, Bruneck, St. Lorenzen, Kiens, Vintl, Mühlbach, Rodeneck and Brixen.

The most significant affluents are:

• Ahr, forming the Ahrntal and responsible of 1/3 of the total discharge.
• Antholzerbach.
• Gran Ega (Val Badia).
• Gsieser Bach.
• Pragser Bach.
• Pfunderer Bach.
• Wielenbach.

The maximum discharge of the Rienz is around 60 m³/s.

References

• Information about the Rienz in German and Italian.

External links

• Media related to Rienz at Wikimedia Commons