The Regino River () is a small coastal river in the department of

Haute-Corse Haute-Corse (; , or ; ) is a department of France, consisting of the northern part of the island of Corsica. The corresponding departmental territorial collectivity merged with that of Corse-du-Sud on 1 January 2018, forming the single ter ...

, Corsica, France.

Course

The Regino is long. It crosses the communes of

Belgodère Belgodère (; ; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also * Torra di Lozari *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, comm ...

Feliceto Feliceto (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Cors ...

Occhiatana Occhiatana (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Haute-Corse Departments of France, department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Tour de Pianosa *Communes of the Haute-Corse department References

Co ...

Speloncato Speloncato is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Corse D ...

Santa-Reparata-di-Balagna Santa-Reparata-di-Balagna is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of th ...

and

Ville-di-Paraso Ville-di-Paraso is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Corse department The following is a list of the 236 Communes of France, communes of the Haute-Co ...

. The Regino rises in the canton of Feliceto to the west of the San Parteo mountain. It flows in a north-northwest direction, passing between the villages of Feliceto and Nessa, then turns to run in a northeast direction to its mouth on the sea. It is dammed to the south of

L'Île-Rousse L'Île-Rousse (; , , or , ; , ; ) is a commune in the Haute-Corse department of France on the island of Corsica. It was founded in 1758 by Pasquale Paoli to create a port that would not be in the hands of the Genoese (such as Calvi). As ...

to form the Lac de Codole. The dam was built in the early 1980s by the ''Société de Développement Agricole de la Corse'' (SOMIVAC) to supply water to the eastern part of the Balagne for drinking and irrigation.

Watershed

There are about of streams in the Reginu watershed, which covers more than . The reservoir is supplied by a watershed of . The Reginu valley has a Mediterranean climate, with little rain in the summer. It regularly has strong west or southwest winds. The landscape includes pastures, cultivated olive, almond and citrus groves, and abandoned scrub and forest. Vegetation includes heather (''

Erica arborea ''Erica arborea'', the tree heath or tree heather, is a species of flowering plant (angiosperms) in the heather family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa. It is also cultivated as an o ...

''), ''

Arbutus unedo ''Arbutus unedo'', commonly known as strawberry tree, also called madrone, is an evergreen shrub or small tree in the family Ericaceae, native to the Mediterranean Basin and Western Europe. The tree is well known for its fruits, the arbutus berr ...

'', oak forests (''

Quercus ilex ''Quercus ilex'', the holly oak, also (ambiguously, as many oaks are evergreen) evergreen oak, is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the section (botany), section ''List of Quercus species#Section Ilex, Il ...

'', ''

Quercus suber ''Quercus suber'', commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Cerris''. It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork flooring and as the core ...

'' and some ''

Quercus pubescens ''Quercus pubescens'' (Synonym (taxonomy), synonyms ''virgiliana''), commonly known as the downy oak, pubescent oak or Italian oak, is a species of white oak (genus ''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus'') native to southern Europe and southwest Asia. It ...

''), lavender (''

Lavandula stoechas ''Lavandula stoechas'', the Spanish lavender or topped lavender (U.S.) or French lavender (U.K.), is a species of lavender native to the Mediterranean Basin. Taxonomy The flower was first recorded by Greek botanist Pedanius Dioscorides as the ...

''),

rosemary ''Salvia rosmarinus'' (), commonly known as rosemary, is a shrub with fragrant, evergreen, needle-like leaves and white, pink, purple, or blue flowers. It is a member of the sage family, Lamiaceae. The species is native to the Mediterranean r ...

(''Rosmarinus officinalis''), ''

Genista corsica ''Genista corsica'' is a plant endemic to Corsica and Sardinia where it is associated with sunny open landscapes and poor stony soil. It is a common constituent of garrigue and maquis communities. Description ''Genista corsica'' is an erect or ...

'' and many ''

Cistus ''Cistus'' (from the Greek ''kistos'') is a genus of flowering plants in the rockrose family Cistaceae, containing about 20 species (Ellul ''et al.'' 2002). They are perennial shrubs found on dry or rocky soils throughout the Mediterranean reg ...

'' species.

Hydrology

Measurements of the river flow were taken at the Speloncato eginostation from 1968 to 1989. The watershed above this station covers . Annual precipitation was calculated as . The average flow of water throughout the year was .

Tributaries

The following streams (''ruisseaux'') are tributaries of the Regino, ordered by length: * San Clemente * Erbaiola * Carignelli * Piano * Novalella * Aldinu * Cammariu * Canne * Saltu * Campumignani * Piombone * Cervione * Valdu Alle Grotte

Gallery

File:Feliceto_Lac_de_Codole.jpg, Lac de Codole File:Belgodère pont du Regino à Lozari.jpg, Regino bridge at Lozari File:Lozari le Régino en aval de son embouchure.jpg, Regino above its mouth File:Belgodère_-_Aigrettes_dans_pré_en_bordure_du_Regino.jpg, Meadow on the edge of the Regino, facing the reed bed at its mouth

Notes

Sources

* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Regino River Rivers of Haute-Corse Rivers of France Coastal basins of the Mediterranean Sea in Corsica