Rein da Curnera

The Rein da Curnera (in german: Curnerarhein) is a right tributary of the

Anterior Rhine The Vorderrhein ( German; English: ''Anterior Rhine''; Sursilvan: ; Sutsilvan: ''Ragn Anteriur''; Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader, and Puter: ''Rain Anteriur''; Surmiran: ''Ragn anteriour'') is one of the two sources of the Rhine. Its catchment area ...

and one of the main tributaries of the

Rhine The Rhine ; french: Rhin ; nl, Rijn ; wa, Rén ; li, Rien; rm, label=Sursilvan, Rein, rm, label=Sutsilvan and Surmiran, Ragn, rm, label=Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader and Puter, Rain; it, Reno ; gsw, Rhi(n), including in Alsatian dialect, Al ...

(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 was constructed by ''Kraftwerke Vorderrhein AG'' (the local

hydropower Hydropower (from el, ὕδωρ, "water"), also known as water power, is the use of falling or fast-running water to produce electricity or to power machines. This is achieved by converting the gravitational potential or kinetic energy of ...

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 Maighels (german: Maighelserrhein) is one of the main tributaries of the Rhine (see Sources of the Rhine) and is a tributary to the Rein da Curnera. The firm ''Kraftwerke Vorderrhein AG'' has built a hydropower dam creating a rese ...

. The Rein da Curnera flows into the Anterior Rhine near Tschamut in the

Tujetsch Tujetsch (; german: Tavetsch) is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It is the westernmost municipality of the canton, connected to Urseren (canton of Uri) by the Oberalp Pass. History The upp ...

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