The Rein da Maighels (german: Maighelserrhein) is 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) and is a tributary to the
Rein da Curnera. The firm ''Kraftwerke Vorderrhein AG'' has built a
hydropower
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dam 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 ( rm, Glatscher da Maighels) on the ''
Piz Ravetsch'' near the point where the cantons of
Graubünden,
Ticino
Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...
and
Uri Uri may refer to:
Places
* Canton of Uri, a canton in Switzerland
* Úri, a village and commune in Hungary
* Uri, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province
* Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, a town in India
* Uri (island), an island off Malakula Isla ...
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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