Torrent or torrents may refer to: * A fast flowing

stream A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a strea ...

Animals

Torrent duck The torrent duck (''Merganetta armata'') is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is the only member of the genus ''Merganetta''. It is placed in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae after the "perching duck" assemblage to which ...

, a species of the family Anatidae *

Torrent fish The torrentfish (''Cheimarrichthys fosteri''), or panoko (Māori), is an amphidromous freshwater ray-finned fish that is endemic to New Zealand. Torrentfish are well adapted to life in shallow, fast-flowing riffles and rapids. They grow to a max ...

Torrent frog Torrent frogs are a number of unrelated frogs that prefer to inhabit small rapid-flowing mountain or hill streams with a lot of torrents. They are generally smallish neobatrachians with a greyish-brown and usually darkly mottled back, giving them e ...

, various unrelated frogs * Torrent robin, a bird species * Torrent salamander, a family of salamanders

Arts and entertainment

* ''Torrent'' (1926 film), starring Greta Garbo *

The Torrent (1921 film) ''The Torrent'' is a 1921 American silent adventure film directed by Stuart Paton and starring Eva Novak, Elita Proctor Otis and Jack Perrin.Munden p.823 Plot Cast * Eva Novak Eva Barbara Novak (February 14, 1898 – April 17, 1988) ...

, an American silent adventure film * ''The Torrent'' (1924 film), a film directed by William Doner and A. P. Younger * The Torrent (2012 film), a 2012 Canadian film directed by Simon Lavoie * ''

The Torrents ''The Torrents'' is a 1955 Australian play by Oriel Gray, set in the late 19th century, about the arrival of a female journalist in an all-male newspaper office, and an attempt to develop irrigation-based agriculture in a former gold mining town. ...

'', a 1955 Australian play * ''Torrent'' (play) (, ''Kuángliú''), a Chinese play about the life of

Tian Han Tian Han ( zh, 田汉; 12 March 1898 – 10 December 1968), formerly romanized as T'ien Han, was a Chinese drama activist, playwright, a leader of revolutionary music and films, as well as a translator and poet. He emerged at the time of the ...

* ''Torrent'' (TV series), a technology show * Torrent (''Elden Ring''), a fictional horse in the 2022 video game ''Elden Ring''

Computing

BitTorrent BitTorrent is a Protocol (computing), communication protocol for peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P), which enables users to distribute data and electronic files over the Internet in a Decentralised system, decentralized manner. The protocol is d ...

, a peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) communications protocol *

Torrent file In the BitTorrent file distribution system, a torrent file or meta-info file is a computer file that contains metadata about files and folders to be distributed, and usually also a list of the network locations of trackers, which are computers ...

, stores metadata used for BitTorrent *

μTorrent μTorrent, or uTorrent (see pronunciation), is a proprietary adware BitTorrent client owned and developed by Rainberry, Inc. The " μ" (Greek letter " mu") in its name comes from the SI prefix "micro-", referring to the program's small memo ...

, a BitTorrent client

Corporations

Torrent Group Torrent Group is an Indian multinational corporation, multinational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate, based in Ahmedabad. It was founded by U. N. Mehta, Uttambhai Nathalal Mehta, and now run by his sons, Sudhir Mehta, Sudhir and Samir Meht ...

, an Indian business house, and its subsidiary companies: **

Torrent Cables Torrent Cables Limited was incorporated on March 22, 1991. It was an Indian cable manufacturing company based in Ahmedabad. Its key products and provided services included XLPE Cables (HT), XLPE Cables (LT), PVC cables, with other manufact ...

Torrent Pharmaceuticals Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd, d/b/a Torrent Pharma is an Indian multinational pharmaceutical company, part of the Torrent Group and headquartered in Ahmedabad. It was promoted by U. N. Mehta, initially as Trinity Laboratories Ltd, and was lat ...

Torrent Power Torrent Power is an Indian energy and power company, having interests in power generation, transmission, distribution and the manufacturing and supply of power cables. The company distributes power to over 38.5 lakh customers annually in its di ...

People

Ana Torrent Ana Torrent Bertrán de Lis (born 12 July 1966) is a Spanish film actress. She featured as a child actress in pictures such as ''The Spirit of the Beehive'' (1973), and ''Cría cuervos'' (1976), ''Elisa, vida mía'' (1977) and '' The Nest'' (19 ...

(born 1966), Spanish actress *

Domènec Torrent Domènec Torrent Font (born 14 July 1962) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of Liga MX club Monterrey. After playing and coaching at an amateur level, Torrent became an assistant to Pep ...

(born 1962), Spanish professional football manager *

Fernando Torrent Fernando Torrent Guidi (born 2 October 1991) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Quilmes. Career Torrent started his career with San Martin de Pérez Millán in 1997, before joining Defensores de Belgrano's yo ...

(born 1991), Argentine professional footballer *

Francesca Torrent Francesca Torrent Boschdemont (Agullana, Alt Empordà, April 18, 1881 – Barcelona, April 15, 1958) was a Spanish writer in the Catalan language. She sometimes used the pseudonym Miosotis. Early life and education Francesca Torrent Boschdemont ...

(1881-1958), Spanish writer *

Joaquim Torrent Joaquim Torrent Dalmau (22 June 1917 – 12 September 1971) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primaril ...

(1917–1971), Spanish footballer *

Marion Torrent Marion Torrent (born 17 April 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back or defensive midfielder for Première Ligue club Montpellier. Club career Torrent joined Montpellier HSC, after arriving from Marseille, at the a ...

(born 1992), French footballer *

Ramon Torrents Ramón Torrents (born 6 December 1937) is a Spanish comic book artist. Career Ramón Torrents was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, northern Spain. He began his career drawing for the comic ''Space Ace''. He later worked on romance comics for Brit ...

(born 1937), Spanish comic book artist *

Stanislas Torrents Stanislas Torrents (1839–1916) was a French painter. He was born in Marseille. His parents were Spanish. His paintings are in the collections of many museums, including the Musée Louis Vouland in Avignon. Stanislas Torrents-Claire Charles-Ro ...

(1839–1916), French painter

Places

Torrent, Valencia Torrent (; ) is a city located within the metropolitan area of the city of Valencia, Spain. It is the largest municipality of the Horta Oest ''comarca'', with 83,962 inhabitants (2020). It is situated some 7 km from Valencia city proper, t ...

, a city in Spain *

Torrent, Girona Torrent () is a village and municipality in the ''comarca'' of Baix Empordà, province of Girona and autonomous community of Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Auton ...

, a Spanish village *

Torrent Bay Rākauroa / Torrent Bay is a bay in Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand. History Torrent Bay was named by French explorer Dumont D'Urville during his exploration and mapping of this area of New Zealand in 1827. The area was surveyed as ...

, New Zealand * Torrent Falls, an outdoor area in Kentucky, United States *

Torrent River The Torrent River is a river of the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island. It flows east to reach Torrent Bay on the Tasman Bay / Te Tai-o-Aorere coast of the Abel Tasman National Park. The Abel Tasman Track crosses the river close to its ...

, which feeds into the bay * River Torrent, Northern Ireland *

Torrenthorn The Torrenthorn is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Leukerbad in the canton of Valais Valais ( , ; ), more formally, the Canton of Valais or Wallis, is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 cantons forming the Switzerland, Swiss ...

, a mountain of the Bernese Alps, Valais, Switzerland ** Torrent, Switzerland, a ski area on Torrenthorn, near Leukerbad

Vehicles

Pontiac Torrent The Pontiac Torrent is a mid-size crossover SUV produced by General Motors for the 2006 to 2009 model years. A replacement for the Pontiac Aztek, Aztek, it was a mildly restyled version of the first-generation Chevrolet Equinox. The Torrent shar ...

, a crossover SUV automobile by GM's Pontiac from 2005 to 2009 * ''Torrent'' (ship), an American sailing ship wrecked in 1868

Other uses

* FC Milwaukee Torrent, a semi-professional soccer team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin * Les Torrents, the sports teams of the

Université du Québec en Outaouais The University of Quebec in Outaouais (, , UQO) is a constituent university of the Université du Québec system located in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. As of September 2010, combined enrolment at UQO's Gatineau and Saint-Jérôme campuses was 6, ...

, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada