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The following is a list of rivers of Switzerland (and tributaries thereof). Included rivers flow either entirely or partly through Switzerland or along its international borders. Swiss rivers belong to five drainage basins, i.e. of the Rhine, the Rhône, the Po, the Danube or the Adige. Of these, only the Rhine and Rhône flow through ...
The Aare ( Swiss Standard German: [ˈaːrə] ⓘ) or Aar ( Swiss Standard German: [aːr] ⓘ) is the main tributary of the High Rhine (its discharge even exceeds that of the latter at their confluence) [ 2 ] and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland. [ 3 ][ 4 ]
From Altholz the river is the German-Swiss border until Basel, where it enters Switzerland for the last time. the Upper Rhine is the border between France (to the west) and Switzerland (to the east) for a short distance, from Basel to Hunningue. Here it becomes the Franco (to the west) – German (to the east) frontier until Au am Rhein. Hence ...
The Reuss ( German pronunciation: [ʁɔɪ̯s] ⓘ; Swiss German: Rüüss) is a river in Switzerland. With a length of 164 kilometres (102 mi) and a drainage basin of 3,426 square kilometres (1,323 sq mi), it is the fourth largest river in Switzerland (after the Rhine, Aare and Rhône ). The upper Reuss forms the main valley of the canton of Uri.
Sihl. / 47.3826; 8.5382. The Sihl is a Swiss river that rises near the Druesberg mountain in the canton of Schwyz, and eventually flows into the Limmat in the centre of the city of Zürich, after crossing the Zürich–Winterthur railway at Zürich HB. It has a length of 73 km (45 mi), including the Sihlsee reservoir, through which the river flows.
50 kilometres (31 mi) Basin features. Progression. Lake Zurich → Limmat → Aare → Rhine → North Sea. The Linth (pronounced [ˈlɪnt] "lint") is a Swiss river that rises near the village of Linthal in the mountains of the canton of Glarus, and eventually flows into the Obersee section of Lake Zurich. It is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) in ...
Rhône. / 43.33083°N 4.84556°E / 43.33083; 4.84556. The Rhône ( / roʊn / ROHN, French: [ʁon] ⓘ) [ 1] 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 ( Gulf of Lion ). At Arles, near its mouth, the ...
The Kander is a river in Switzerland. It is 44 kilometres (27 mi) long and has a watershed of 1,126 square kilometres (435 sq mi). Originally a tributary of the Aare, with a confluence downstream of the city of Thun, since 1714 it flows into Lake Thun upstream of the city. The drainage water from the Kander Neve (glacier) in the middle of the ...