The Rabiusa (, 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 Rhine ( ) is one of the List of rivers of Europe, major rivers in Europe. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein border, then part of the Austria–Swit ...

. 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 Safien is a former Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality in the district of Surselva (district), Surselva in the Switzerland, Swiss Cantons of Switzerland, canton of Graubünden. The municipalities of Valendas, Versam, Safien and Tenna, Swi ...

to Splügen crosses the Safierberg Pass (2486 m). It then flows through the wooded

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

is the only municipality on the river.

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Rivers of Switzerland Rivers of Graubünden {{Switzerland-river-stub