The Rein da Maighels () is one of the main tributaries of the
Rhine
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(see
Sources of the Rhine) and is a tributary to the
Rein da Curnera. The firm ''Kraftwerke Vorderrhein AG'' has built a
hydropower
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dam
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creating a reservoir, called the ''
Lai da Curnera'', into which both rivers now flow.
The origin of the Rein da Maighels is the Maghels Glacier () on the ''
Piz Ravetsch'' near the point where the cantons of
Graubünden,
Ticino
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and
Uri
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* Canton of Uri, a canton in Switzerland
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meet. From the glacier, the Rein da Maighels flows north, through the ''Val da Maighels'', then east, through ''Val Platta between ''Piz Cavradi'' and ''Piz Piogn Crap'', then into ''Val Curnera'' and into the Lai da Curnera reservoir.
Rivers of Switzerland
Rivers of Graubünden
Tujetsch
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