The Suze (german: Schüss) is a river in the
Bernese Jura
Bernese Jura (french: Jura bernois, ) is the name for the French-speaking area of the Swiss canton of Bern, and from 2010 one of ten administrative divisions of the canton.
Comprising the three French-speaking districts in the northern part of th ...
,
Canton of Berne
The canton of Bern or Berne (german: Kanton Bern; rm, Chantun Berna; french: canton de Berne; it, Canton Berna) is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. Its capital city, Bern, is also the ''de facto'' capital of Switzerland. ...
,
Switzerland.
Down flow
It takes its source in a moorland at over 900 metres of altitude, in the high valley of Les Convers, (see:
Renan). It flows down the whole length of the valley of
Saint-Imier
Saint-Imier () is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (''Jura Bernois'').
The Observatoire Astronomique de Mont-Soleil is located ab ...
, (
Erguel), leaving it through the
gorge
A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency to c ...
of
Taubenloch, it flows across the city of
Biel/Bienne
Biel/Bienne (official bilingual wording; , ) is a town and a municipality in the Biel/Bienne administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Biel/Bienne lies on the language boundary between the French-speaking and German-spea ...
into the
Lake of Bienne, at the altitude of 429 metres, upon a stretch of 45 kilometres. It leaves it through the last leg of the
Thielle
The river Thielle (french: La Thielle, or La Thièle, german: Zihl), is a tributary to the Aare, in the Swiss Seeland.
The Thielle results from the merging of the Orbe and Talent, northeast of the little city of Orbe in the Swiss canton of Vau ...
river, merging into the
Nidau-Büren channel (
Aare
The Aare () or Aar () is a tributary of the High Rhine and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland.
Its total length from its source to its junction with the Rhine comprises about , during which distance it desce ...
river), just before the
regulating dam Port .
Tributaries
Its main tributaries are ''la Dou'', ''la Raissette'', ''le Terbez'' and ''l'Orvine''.
History
On December 21, 1991, the river has provoked significant flooding along its course: i.e. in
Sonceboz, its level had raised by a significant 1.10 meter, with 65 cubic meters of water per second.
References
La Suze (site), Canton de Berne, consulted on September 23, 2007
See also
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Jura water correction
The correction of the waters of the Swiss Jura consisted of a wide series of hydrological undertakings carried out in Switzerland in the region of the three lakes: Lake Morat connected to Lake Neuchatel by the Broye Canal, the latter connect ...
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Rivers of the canton of Bern
Rivers of Switzerland
Rivers of the Jura