Panaro

The Panaro () is a river of northeastern Italy, the last important right tributary of the Po river. It starts in the Northern Apennines mountain range and flows through the Emilia-Romagna region.

Geography
The Panaro river has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of approximately .

Course
The Panaro river, with the name Rio delle Tagliole, starts in the northern Apennines where Emilia-Romagna meets Tuscany, in the place called Foce a Giovo near the Monte Cimone.

From here it flows to the northeast down the valley. At Pievepelago (in the Modena province), its name changes to Scoltenna. Finally, the name is changed to Panaro after the confluence of the Scoltena and the Leo stream in the Montespecchio valley, Pavullo nel Frignano.

It borders the Parco regionale dei Sassi di Roccamalatina ("Regional Park of the Sassi di Roccamalatina") and keeps flowing to the north. South of Modena, in Ponte Guerro, it is joined by the Guerro stream and in Fossalta, a place to the east of Modena, it is joined, as a left tributary, by the Tiepido stream, its main tributary.

At Bomporto, the river joins the Naviglio de Modena ("Modena canal or waterway") and can be navigated until its confluence with the Po, on the border with the Veneto region and to the west of Ferrara.

The Panaro river flows through the cities of Vignola, Finale Emilia and Bondeno and just to the east of Modena.

Of historical and artistic interest is the bridge of Olina (), built in 1522 across the river (still called Scoltenna) near the town of the same name, in the commune of Pavullo nel Frignano

The Panaro flows mainly through the province of Modena but it also flows for a short distance in the Ferrara province after Finale Emilia. It flows through several comunes; some of them, all in the Modena province, Emilia-Romagna region, are:

 Pievepelago
 Pavullo nel Frignano
 Marano sul Panaro
 Guiglia
 Vignola
 Savignano sul Panaro

 Spilamberto
 San Cesario sul Panaro
 Modena
 Bomporto
 Finale Emilia
 Bondeno

Main tributaries 
The tributaries of the Panaro river are small streams; the most importants are the Guerro () and the Tiepido (); they join the Panaro from the left side.

Related pages
 List of rivers of Italy

References

Other websites

 Fiumi italiani - Fiume Panaro 

Category:1522 establishments
Category:1520s establishments in Europe
Category:2nd-millennium establishments in Italy
Category:Emilia-Romagna
Category:Rivers of Italy