Regino (river)

The Regino River (Fiume di Regino) is a small coastal river in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France.

Course
The Regino is 19.33 km long. It crosses the communes of Belgodère, Feliceto, Occhiatana, Speloncato, Santa-Reparata-di-Balagna and Ville-di-Paraso.

The Regino rises in the canton of Feliceto to the west of the 1688 m 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 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 90 km of streams in the Reginu watershed, which covers more than 110 km2. The reservoir is supplied by a watershed of 39 km2. 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), Arbutus unedo, oak forests (Quercus ilex, Quercus suber and some Quercus pubescens), lavender (Lavandula stoechas), rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), Genista corsica and many Cistus species.

Hydrology
Measurements of the river flow were taken at the Speloncato [Regino] station from 1968 to 1989. The watershed above this station covers 44.7 km2. Annual precipitation was calculated as 300 mm. The average flow of water throughout the year was 0.424 m3/s.

Tributaries
The following streams (ruisseaux) are tributaries of the Regino, ordered by length:


 * San Clemente 10 km
 * Erbaiola 7 km
 * Carignelli 6 km
 * Piano 4 km
 * Novalella 3 km
 * Aldinu 2 km
 * Cammariu 2 km
 * Canne 2 km
 * Saltu 2 km
 * Campumignani 2 km
 * Piombone 2 km
 * Cervione 2 km
 * Valdu Alle Grotte 2 km