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Rienz

The 883rd longest river in the world

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The Rienz (German pronunciation: [ˈriːɛnts], Rienza [riˈɛntsa]) 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 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. Antholzer Bach. Gran Ega (Val Badia). Gsieser Bach. Pragser Bach. Pfunderer Bach. Wielenbach. The maximum discharge of the Rienz is around 60 m3/s.

Flows through: Italy.

River data from Wikidata (CC0); lengths normalised to a common unit.

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