The Muota is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in the

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and a tributary of

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. It has a length of . The Muota rises on the Ruosalp, an alp to the north of the

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on the border between the cantons of Schwyz and

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. Initially, it flows in a northerly direction through the tiny Bisistal before turning west to the villages of Muotathal and

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. Beyond Ried, the river flows through a narrow defile between the Gibelhorn and Stooshorn, passing under the Stoosbahn funicular that serves the mountain resort of

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, as it does so. After leaving this canyon, the river turns north to reach the village of Ibach in the municipality of

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. At Ibach the river turns west again, then shortly afterwards passes under the A4 motorway and the Gotthard railway line before receiving the Seeweren, which is the outfall stream of

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. Here it flows south-west to enter

on the west side of the town of

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in the municipality of

Ingenbohl Ingenbohl (High Alemannic: ''Ingäbohl'') is a municipality in Schwyz District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland. History Ingenbohl is first mentioned in 1387 as ''uff Ingenbol''. Geography Ingenbohl has an area, , of . Of this area, 31% ...

. Johann Heinrich Müller, 1825-1894 E05 Brunnen.JPG, The Muota, Brunnen, Lake Lucerne and

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around 1870. Oil sketch (6.5 × 10 cm) by Heinrich Müller

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* Rivers of the canton of Schwyz Rivers of Switzerland {{Switzerland-river-stub

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