The river Thielle (french: La Thielle, or La Thièle, german: Zihl), is a tributary to the
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 ...
, in the Swiss
Seeland.
The Thielle results from the merging of the
Orbe
Orbe (; la, Urba; older german: Orbach, ; frp, Orba) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the seat of the former district of Orbe and is now part of the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.
History
Orbe is first mentioned about 2 ...
and
Talent
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* Talent (measurement), an ancient unit of mass and value
* Talent (skill), a group of aptitudes useful for some activities; talents may refer to aptitudes themselves or to possessors of those talents
Talent ma ...
, northeast of the little city of
Orbe
Orbe (; la, Urba; older german: Orbach, ; frp, Orba) is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It was the seat of the former district of Orbe and is now part of the district of Jura-Nord Vaudois.
History
Orbe is first mentioned about 2 ...
in the Swiss
canton of Vaud
Vaud ( ; french: (Canton de) Vaud, ; german: (Kanton) Waadt, or ), more formally the canton of Vaud, is one of the 26 cantons forming the Swiss Confederation. It is composed of ten districts and its capital city is Lausanne. Its coat of arms ...
. It flows as a channel northeastwards through an intensively cultivated plain called "
Plaine de l'Orbe
Plaine may refer to:
* Plaine (river), a tributary of the river Meurthe in France
* Plaine, Bas-Rhin, a commune in Alsace in north-eastern France
* Plaine-Haute, a commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department in Brittany in northwestern France
* Pla ...
" and flows after only 9 km into the
Lake of Neuchâtel at
Yverdon-les-Bains
Yverdon-les-Bains () (called Eburodunum and Ebredunum during the Roman era) is a municipality in the district of Jura-Nord vaudois of the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district. The population of Yverdon-les-Bains, , w ...
.
The natural course of the river was considerably modified during the
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 ...
. Between the Lakes of Neuchâtel and
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 ...
it was converted into a dug-out channel. However, the previous natural bed of La Thielle still exists in some parts.
The river flows out of the lake in Biel/Bienne and after 2 km merges directly into the
Nidau-Büren channel, which was also dug out during the Jura water correction, ensuring the outflow of the Aare, just before the
regulating dam in
Port
A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as ...
which was commissioned in 1939. Before, La Thielle used to flow into the
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 ...
7 km further downstream in the vicinity of
Büren an der Aare
Büren an der Aare (usually abbreviated with Büren a.A., means ''Büren on the Aare'') is a historic town and a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
History
Büren an der Aare is first men ...
.
In the seventeenth century, a grand project was formed to establish a waterway transport system connecting the rivers
Rhône
The Rhône ( , ; wae, Rotten ; frp, Rôno ; oc, Ròse ) is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea. At Ar ...
and
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 ...
via the
Lake of Geneva
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- the
Venoge - and the
Canal d’Entreroches
The Canal d’Entreroches (English: ''canal between the cliffs'') was planned in the 17th century as a link between the Rhine and Lake Geneva, and would have enabled inland waterway communication between the North Sea and the Mediterranean. It li ...
- La Thielle -
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 ...
. It unfortunately remained unfinished.
A commercial
waterway
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of this nature would have had a very significant impact on the European commercial transportation system.
References
Vielle Thielle Canal de la Thielle
Rivers of Switzerland
Tributaries of Lake Neuchâtel
Bern–Neuchâtel border
Rivers of the canton of Bern
Rivers of the canton of Vaud
Rivers of the canton of Neuchâtel
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