The Rein da Curnera (in ) is a right tributary of the
Anterior Rhine and one of the main tributaries 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 ...
(see
Sources of the Rhine). It is fed from multiple sources and glaciers at the southern end of the valley. The river is about long and flows north through the
Val Curnera. Approximately in the middle of its route, a
dam
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was constructed by ''Kraftwerke Vorderrhein AG'' (the local
hydropower
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company), which formed
Lai da Curnera. At this point, the Rein da Curnera takes up a left tributary, the
Rein da Maighels.
The Rein da Curnera flows into the Anterior Rhine near Tschamut in the
Tujetsch valley.
Rivers of Switzerland
Rivers of Graubünden
Tujetsch
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