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Vorderrhein (river)
The Vorderrhein (German; English: ''Anterior Rhine''; Sursilvan: ; Sutsilvan: ''Ragn Anteriur''; Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader, and Puter: ''Rain Anteriur''; Surmiran: ''Ragn anteriour'') is one of the two sources of the Rhine. Its catchment area of is located predominantly in the canton of Graubünden ( Switzerland). The Vorderrhein is about long, thus more than 5% longer than the Hinterrhein/Rein Posteriur (each measured to the farthest source). The Vorderrhein, however, has an average water flow of , which is less than the flow of the Hinterrhein. According to the Atlas of Switzerland of the Swiss Federal Office of Topography, the source of the Vorderrhein—and thus of the Rhine—is located north of the Rein da Tuma and Lake Toma. ''Vorderrhein'' was also the name of a judicial district that was created in 1851 with the reorganization of the judiciary of Graubünden. In 2001, it was annexed by the District Surselva. The largest communities along the Vorderrhein are Disen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sursilvan
Sursilvan (; also ''romontsch sursilvan'' ; Sursilvan, Vallader, Surmiran, Sutsilvan, and Rumantsch Grischun: ''sursilvan''; Puter: ''sursilvaun'') is a group of dialects of the Romansh language spoken in the Switzerland, Swiss district of Surselva District, Surselva. It is the most widely spoken variety of Romansh with 17,897 people within the Surselva District (54.8%) naming Romansh as a habitually spoken language in the Swiss census of 2000. The most closely related variety is Sutsilvan, which is spoken in the area located to the east of the district. The name of the dialect and the Surselva District is derived from 'above' and 'forest', with the forest in question being the ''Uaul Grond'' in the area affected by the Flims Rockslide. The word itself has fallen out of use in modern Sursilvan, with the most common word for forest being , an Old High German loanword. is only used for in a few more recent terms such as 'forestry', 'forest officer', or 'Long-eared owl'. D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rein Da Tuma
The Rein da Tuma is a river in Switzerland, in the Canton of Graubünden. It rises east of the Rossbodenstock with two or three mountain streams, that flow across the Tuma Alp into the Lake Toma (German: ''Tomasee'', Romansh: ''Lai da Tuma''). Before reaching the lake, it flows through a plain and forms small meanders. The Rein da Tuma flows out of Lake Toma on the north east and flows as Anterior Rhine past the village of ''Tschamut'' in the municipality of Tujetsch Tujetsch (; german: Tavetsch) is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is the westernmost municipality of the canton, connected to Urseren (canton of Uri) by the Oberalp Pass. History The upp .... Rivers of Switzerland Rivers of Graubünden Tujetsch {{Switzerland-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberalppass
Oberalp Pass ( rm, Alpsu or ''Cuolm d'Ursera''; german: Oberalppass) (2044 meters above sea level) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Uri between Disentis/Mustér and Andermatt. Winter closure The public road that crosses the pass is closed in winter, but the Furka-Oberalp railway line, now part of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn, runs year round and provides a limited shuttle for cars in winter (reservation required). When the road closes depends on snowfall and varies between the end of October and the beginning of December. The road opens again in spring, usually by the end of April but sometimes not until mid May. In winter, a ski area extends to the Graubünden side, connecting the pass well into the Tujetsch territory to Dieni, near Rueras. Source of the Rhine river The Rhine springs from a source nearby (Tomasee), which can be accessed by hiking two hours from Oberalp Pass. A multiday trekking route is signposted across Ober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tributaries
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. PhysicalGeography.net, Michael Pidwirny & Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabiusa
The Rabiusa ( rm, Rabiosa, i.e. "Raging", in the local German dialect ,Swiss Idiotikon, vol. VI, col. 996, articl''Rin''(meaning 1b) i.e. "Rhine") is a 32 km long tributary of the Rhine. The river originates in the district Hinterrhein in the canton of Graubünden, in the mountains surrounding the Bärenhorn (2929 m), where the old bridle path from Safien to Splügen crosses the Safierberg Pass (2486 m). It then flows through the wooded Safien valley and into the rough Versam Gorge, where it is spanned by the Versam Gorge Bridge. The confluence with the Anterior Rhine is located in the equally deep Ruinaulta. The Carnusbach flows into the Rabiusa in a hamlet above the village of Safien-Platz. The Walser village of Safien Safien is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The municipalities of Valendas, Versam, Safien and Tenna merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Safiental. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenner , image = Glenner Mai09.jpg , image_caption = Glogn/Glenner above Ilanz , progression = , length = , source1_location = Alp Scharboda, Piz Terri , source1_coordinates= , source1_elevation = , mouth_location = Confluence with Vorderrhein at Ilanz , mouth_coordinates = , mouth_elevation = , tributaries_right = Valser Rhine , subdivision_type1 = Country , subdivision_name1 = Switzerland , subdivision_type2 = Canton , subdivision_name2 = The Grisons , subdivision_type3 = Cities , subdivision_name3 = Ilanz The Glogn ( Romansh, german: Glenner) is a whitewater river in Graubünden. ''Glenner'' was also the name of a district in this area, which was annexed by Surselva District in 2001. The river rises near the border with Ticino and is surrounded by up to 3100m high mountains. The river flows through the Lumnezia. In Suraua, the Vals Rhine flows into the Glogn. After a few more kilomete ... [...More Info...] [...Related It |
