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The main valleys of the Alps, orographically by drainage basin.
High Rhine
* Aare
**
Rhine basin (North Sea)
High Rhine
* Aare
**Limmat
The Limmat is a river in Switzerland. The river commences at the outfall of Lake Zurich, in the southern part of the city of Zurich. From Zurich it flows in a northwesterly direction, after 35 km reaching the river Aare. The confluenc ...
*** Linth ( Glarus)
**** Lake Walen
***** Seeztal
**** Klöntal
**** Sernftal
**Reuss Reuss may refer to:
*Reuss (surname)
*Reuss (river) in Switzerland
*Reuss (state) or Reuß, several former states or countries in present-day Germany, and the Republic of Reuss
*Reuss Elder Line and Reuss Younger Line (House of Reuss), members incl ...
*** Lake Lucerne
**** Sarner Aa ( Brünig Pass connects to the Aare basin)
**** Muota
*** Schächental, Klausen Pass connects to Glarus
*** Urseren
*** Susten Pass connects to the Gadmertal
*** Furka Pass connects to the Goms GOMS is a specialized human information processor model for human-computer interaction observation that describes a user's cognitive structure on four components. In the book ''The Psychology of Human Computer Interaction''. written in 1983 by Stua ...
** Saane/Sarine
*** Sense
** Gürbetal
** Lake Thun, Bernese Oberland
*** Kander
**** Simmental
***** Diemtigental (Chirel, Fildrich (Narebach, Senggibach, Gurbsbach))
**** Suldtal
**** Kiental
**** Engstligental
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Adelboden is a mountain village and a municipality in Switzerland, located in the Frutigen-Niedersimmental adminis ...
**** Kandertal
***, Habkern
***Brienzersee
Lake Brienz (german: Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It has a length of about , a width of and a maximum depth of . Its area is ; the surface is above the sea-level. It is fed, among others, ...
, Interlaken
**** Lütschine
*****Saxettal
Saxeten is a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
In 1999 it was the site of an incident where 21 tourists and local canyon guides were killed in a flash flood in Saxetenbach can ...
*****Schwarze Lütschine Schwarze may refer to:
* Achim Schwarze (born 1958), German author
* Schwarze Elster
The Black Elster or Schwarze Elster () is a long river in eastern Germany, in the states Saxony, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, right tributary of the Elbe. Its ...
, Lütschental
Lütschental is a village and a municipality in the Interlaken-Oberhasli administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Lütschental is first mentioned in 1238 as ''Liscinthal''. In 1275 it was mentioned as ''Lyzental'' ...
, Grindelwald, Grosse Scheidegg
The Grosse Scheidegg is a mountain pass in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, The pass crosses the col between the Schwarzhorn and the Wetterhorn mountains at an elevation of .
The pass is traversed by a road connecting the town of Meiringen, at ...
connects to Reichenbachtal
*****Weisse Lütschine Weisse or Weiße is a surname which means "white" in German. It may refer to:
People
* Charles H. Weisse (1866–1919), American politician
* Christian Felix Weiße (1726–1804), German writer
* Christian Hermann Weisse (1801–1866), German Prot ...
, Lauterbrunnental, Lauterbrunnen
******Sefinental
**** Giessbach
****Haslital
The Oberhasli is a historical '' Landvogtei'' or '' Talschaft'' in the Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, bordering on the cantons of Obwalden (OW), Nidwalden (NW), Uri (UR) and Wallis (VS).
From 1833 to 2009, Oberhasli was incorporated as the ...
, Meiringen
***** Reichenbachtal (Rychenbach, Seilibach), Grosse Scheidegg
The Grosse Scheidegg is a mountain pass in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, The pass crosses the col between the Schwarzhorn and the Wetterhorn mountains at an elevation of .
The pass is traversed by a road connecting the town of Meiringen, at ...
connects to Schwarze Lütschine Schwarze may refer to:
* Achim Schwarze (born 1958), German author
* Schwarze Elster
The Black Elster or Schwarze Elster () is a long river in eastern Germany, in the states Saxony, Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt, right tributary of the Elbe. Its ...
***** Gadmertal (Gadmerwasser, Triftwasser), Susten Pass connects to the Reuss
***** Ãœrbachtal
*****Rindertal (Ärlenbach), Bächliltal (Bächlisbach)
***** Grimsel Pass connects to the Goms GOMS is a specialized human information processor model for human-computer interaction observation that describes a user's cognitive structure on four components. In the book ''The Psychology of Human Computer Interaction''. written in 1983 by Stua ...
and the Furka Pass
* Tösstal
* Toggenburg (Thur Thur may refer to:
*Thur (France), a river in Alsace, France
*Thur (Rhine), a river in East Switzerland
*Thursday, as an abbreviation
*''Thur.'', taxonomic author abbreviation for French botanist Gustave Thuret
Gustave Adolphe Thuret (23 May 1 ...
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*Rhine Valley
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(Alpine Rhine)
** Ill
*** Meng
**Tamina
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** Prättigau ( Landquart)
** Schanfigg ( Plessur)
** posterior Rhine
***Albula Albula may refer to:
Places
*Albula, an old (possibly legendary) name of the Tiber river
Switzerland
*Albula Range, a mountain range
*Albula (river), a tributary of the Hinterrhein
*Albula District, a district in canton Graubünden until 2017
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**** Landwasser (Davos
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Davos (, ; or ; rm, ; archaic it, Tavate) is an Alpine resort town and a municipality in the Prättigau/Davos R ...
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**** Oberhalbstein ( Julier Pass connects to the Inn basin)
****Albulatal, Bergün, Preda ( Albula Pass connects to the Inn basin)
*** Averstal
*** Splügen Pass connects to the Mera basin, San Bernardino Pass to the Moesa basin
** anterior Rhine
*** Safien valley
*** Lumnezia ( Glogn)
**** Vals Valley
***Surselva
Surselva Region is one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2017 as part of a reorganization of the canton.Oberalppass connects to the Reuss basin, Lukmanier Pass to the Leventina)
Danube basin (Black Sea)
; Danube * Sava ** Planica ( Julian Alps) * ** Dravinja ** Gail (river) ** Meža ** Gurk (river) ** Mura * Inn ** Ötztal ** Zillertal ** EngadinMediterranean
Rhone basin
; Rhône *Durance
The Durance (; ''Durença'' in the Occitan classical norm or ''Durènço'' in the Mistralian norm) is a major river in Southeastern France. A left tributary of the Rhône, it is long. Its drainage basin is .Verdon
* Drôme
*
Isère
Isère ( , ; frp, Isera; oc, Isèra, ) is a landlocked department in the southeastern French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Named after the river Isère, it had a population of 1,271,166 in 2019.Arc
ARC may refer to:
Business
* Aircraft Radio Corporation, a major avionics manufacturer from the 1920s to the '50s
* Airlines Reporting Corporation, an airline-owned company that provides ticket distribution, reporting, and settlement services
* ...
** Drac
* Fier
* Arve
*Chablais
Chablais () was a province of the Duchy of Savoy. Its capital was Thonon-les-Bains.
Chablais was elevated to a duchy in 1311 by Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor.
This region is currently divided into three territories, the ''Chablais savoyard'', the ...
* Valais
** Dranse
***Val de Banse
Val may refer to: Val-a
Film
* ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo
Military equipment
* Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies
* AS Val, a So ...
***Val d'Entremont
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The district of Entremont is a district in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It
has a population of (as of ).
Municipalities
It comprises the following municipalities:
Mergers
On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Bagnes ...
** Val d'Hérens, Val d'Herémece
Val may refer to: Val-a
Film
* ''Val'' (film), an American documentary about Val Kilmer, directed by Leo Scott and Ting Poo
Military equipment
* Aichi D3A, a Japanese World War II dive bomber codenamed "Val" by the Allies
* AS Val, a Sov ...
** Val d'Anniviers
**Turtmanntal
Turtmann (French: ''Tourtemagne'') is a former municipality in the district of Leuk in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The municipalities of Turtmann and Unterems merged on 1 January 2013 into the new municipality of Turtmann-Unterems.
** Lötschental
** Vispa
*** Saastal
*** Mattertal
****Zmuttal
Zmutt (also spelled Z'mutt, Z'Mutt, Z-Mutt) is a small village in the municipality of Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland, situated at 1936 m in the Zmutt Valley (Zmuttal) west of Zermatt. The village chapel is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandri ...
**Goms GOMS is a specialized human information processor model for human-computer interaction observation that describes a user's cognitive structure on four components. In the book ''The Psychology of Human Computer Interaction''. written in 1983 by Stua ...
( Nufenen Pass to the Leventina, Grimsel Pass to the Haslital
The Oberhasli is a historical '' Landvogtei'' or '' Talschaft'' in the Bernese Highlands, Switzerland, bordering on the cantons of Obwalden (OW), Nidwalden (NW), Uri (UR) and Wallis (VS).
From 1833 to 2009, Oberhasli was incorporated as the ...
, Furka Pass to the Reuss)
***Binntal
The Binn Valley (German: ''Binntal'') is a valley of the Alps, located on the north side of the Lepontine Alps in the Swiss canton of Valais. The valley is drained by the ''Binna'', a tributary of the Rhone, at Grengiols. The valley is named afte ...
Other
*Roya
Roya may refer to:
* ''Roya'' (alga), a genus of green algae and a subgroup of Zygnemataceae
* Roya (river), a river of France and Italy
* Roya (genus), a synonym of ''Williamia'', a genus of small sea snails
* Roya (given name), a female prope ...
* Var
* Verdon
Adriatic
Po basin
Po * Mincio * Oglio ( Lake Iseo) ** Val Camonica * Adda (river) (Lake Como
Lake Como ( it, Lago di Como , ; lmo, label=Western Lombard, Lagh de Còmm , ''Cómm'' or ''Cùmm'' ), also known as Lario (; after the la, Larius Lacus), is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. It has an area of , making it the thir ...
)
** Breggia
** Val Bregaglia ( Mera)
*** Valle Spluga (Liro (stream - SO)
The Liro is an Alpine '' torrente'' of the north Italian Province of Sondrio which rises near the Splügen Pass and the boundary with Switzerland. It runs the length of the Valle Spluga (or Val San Giacomo) before joining the Mera from the right a ...
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** Val Brembana
** Valsassina ( Pioverna)
** Valtellina
* Lambro
* Ticino
** Val Mesolcina
**Valle Maggia
Valle Maggia (Italian, "Maggia Valley") is an alpine valley in the Vallemaggia district of canton of Ticino, the Italian-spoken canton of Switzerland. The valley is formed by the river Maggia and is situated between the Centovalli and Lago Maggio ...
** Valle Verzasca
** Toce
* Agogna
* Tanaro
* Sesia
* Aosta Valley ( Dora Baltea)
* Toce
* Orco
*Stura di Lanzo
Stura di Lanzo ( la, Varus) is a long river in north-western Italy (Piedmont), in the Metropolitan City of Turin. It is formed from several tributaries near Lanzo Torinese. It flows into the river Po in Turin.
Toponymy
The name Stura has C ...
* Dora Riparia
* Maira
* Varaita
* Pellice
Other
Adige * Val Müstair * Vinschgau * EtschtalSee also
* Geography of the Alps * Principal passes of the Alps * Orography * List of rivers of Switzerland * List of highest paved roads in Europe * List of mountain passesExternal links
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