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Also known as Rienza

The Rienz (; ) is a river in South Tyrol, Italy. Its source is located at 2,180 m of altitude, in the Dolomites mountains, south of Toblach: near Toblach it enters in the Puster Valley, and, after , it meets the Eisack river in the city of Brixen, at 550 m of altitude.

Key facts

River.name
Rienz
River.image
RienzDownstreamIT.JPG
River.image_caption
The Rienz river, near St. Lorenzen
River.source1_location
Sexten Dolomites
River.subdivision_type1
Country
River.subdivision_name1
Italy
River.length
approx.
River.mouth
Eisack at Brixen

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
river
Country
Italy
Located in
South Tyrol
Image
RienzDownstreamIT.JPG
Length
80
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Commons category
Rienz
mouth of the watercourse
Eisack
discharge
60.0
watershed area
2143
lake on watercourse
Olanger Stausee
origin of the watercourse
Tre Cime di Lavaredo
described by source
Pauly–Wissowa
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The Rienz (; ) is a river in South Tyrol, Italy. Its source is located at 2,180 m of altitude, in the Dolomites mountains, south of Toblach: near Toblach it enters in the Puster Valley, and, after , 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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rienz” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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