Rhins

The Rhins or Reins is a river in central France in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. It is a right tributary of the Loire river.
Geography.
The Rhins river has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of .
Course.
The Rhins starts in the "Monts du Beaujolais", in the "commune" of Ranchal, (Rhône department), at an altitude of about . From here, the Rhins flows first to the south, then to the west and ends flowing to the northwest.
The Rhins river flows within the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, 2 departments and 21 "communes". It flows through the following "communes", among others:
Finally, it flows into the Loire river in the "commune" of Roanne.
Main tributaries.
The main tributaries of the Rhins river are:
Left tributaries:
Right tributaries:
Hydrology.
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Saint-Cyr-de-Favières in the Loire department, for the period 1969 - 2017.
The Rhins is a very irregular small river; it shows typical seasonal changes. The highest levels of the river are in winter and spring, from November to May inclusive, with the highest level in February. They are followed by a rapid fall in the flow during the low water period that goes from late June to early October.