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The Landquart is a river of Switzerland in the canton of
Grisons The Grisons (; ) or Graubünden (),Names include: * ; *Romansh language, Romansh: ** ** ** ** ** **; * ; * ; * . See also list of European regions with alternative names#G, other names. more formally the Canton of the Grisons or the Canton ...
and a right
tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''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 into which they ...
of the Alpine Rhine, formed by the confluence of two mountain streams, ''Vereinabach'' and '' Verstanclabach'', that originate from glaciers in the
Silvretta Alps The Silvretta Alps are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps shared by Tyrol (state), Tirol, Vorarlberg (both in Austria) and Graubünden (Switzerland). The Austrian States of Austria, states of Tirol and Vorarlberg are connected by a pass ...
. It flows northwesterly through the village of
Klosters Klosters is a Switzerland, Swiss village in the Prättigau, politically part of the Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of Klosters-Serneus, which belongs to the political district Prättigau/Davos Region, Prättigau/Davos in the Cantons o ...
, the largest and uppermost village in the Prättigau valley, and empties into the Alpine Rhine near the town of Landquart. It is long, with a
drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
.


See also

* Landquart-Davos Platz railway * Sunniberg Bridge *
List of rivers of Switzerland The following is a list of rivers of Switzerland (and tributaries thereof). Included rivers flow either entirely or partly through Switzerland or along its international borders. Swiss rivers belong to five drainage basins, i.e. of the Rhine, th ...


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Rivers of Switzerland Rivers of Graubünden Klosters-Serneus Luzein Fideris Jenaz Schiers Grüsch Malans, Switzerland Landquart, Switzerland {{Switzerland-river-stub