List of rivers of Switzerland
Appearance
The following is a list of rivers in Switzerland:
Rivers by length[edit]
(> 100 km, only the length in Switzerland)
- Rhine - 375 km - 36,494 km2
- Aare (or Aar) - 295 km - 17,779 km2
- Rhône - 264 km - 10,403 km2
- Reuss - 158 km - 3,425 km2
- Linth and Limmat together - 140 km - 2,416 km2
- Saane/La Sarine - 128 km - 1,892 km2
- Thur - 125 km
Rivers by drainage area[edit]
(> 1000 km2, only the area in Switzerland)
- Rhine - 375 km - 36,494 km2
- Aare - 295 km - 17,779 km2
- Rhône - 264 km - 10,403 km2
- Reuss - 158 km - 3,425 km2
- Linth / Limmat - 140 km - 2,416 km2
- Inn - 104 km - 2,150 km2
- Saane/La Sarine - 128 km - 1,892 km2
- Thur - 125 km - 1,724 km2
- Ticino - 91 km - 1,616 km2
- Hinterrhein - 57.3 km - 1,693 km2
- Vorderrhein - 67.5 km - 1,514 km2
- Doubs - 74 km - 1,310 km2
- Kander - 44 km - 1,126 km2
Rivers by orography[edit]
Switzerland is drained into four directions:
- North Sea, via the Rhine.
- Mediterranean Sea, via the Rhône.
- Adriatic Sea, via the Po and the Adige.
- Black Sea, via the Danube.
Rivers that flow into other rivers are sorted by the proximity of their points of confluence to the sea (the lower in the list, the more upstream). Some rivers (e.g. Danube) do not flow through Switzerland themselves, but they are mentioned for having Swiss tributaries. They are given in italics.
- Rhine (main branch in Hook of Holland, Netherlands)
- Upper Rhine (begins at the Rhine knee)
- High Rhine - 375 km - 36,494 km2
- Birs - 73 km - 924 km2 (in Basel)
- Ergolz - 30 km - 301 km2 (between Augst/Kaiseraugst)
- Möhlinbach - 15 km - 37,3 km2 (near Möhlin)
- Sissle - 18.3 km - 128 km2 (in Sisseln)
- Aare/Aar - 295 km - 17,779 km2 (in Koblenz)
- Surb - 18 km - 66.8 km2 (in Döttingen)
- Linth / Limmat[i] - 140 km - 2,416 km2 (in Brugg)
- Reppisch - 27 km - 69.1 km2 (in Dietikon)
- Wüeribach - 7.8 km - 14.6 km2 (in Birmensdorf)
- Sihl - 73 km - 341 km2 (in Zürich)
- Küsnachter Dorfbach - 8 km - 12 km2 (into Lower Lake Zürich in Küsnacht)
- Jona - 18.8 km - 78.4 km2 (into Obersee near Jona)
- Seerenbach - km - km2 (into Lake Walen near Amden)
- Seez - 33 km - 203.73 km2 (into Lake Walen near Walenstadt)
- Sernf - 18.9 km - 210.14 km2 (in Schwanden)
- Reppisch - 27 km - 69.1 km2 (in Dietikon)
- Reuss - 158 km - 3,425 km2 (in Brugg)
- Lorze - 27 km - 298.88 km2 (near Maschwanden)
- Kleine Emme - 58 km - 477 km2 (near Luzern)
- Sarner Aa - 10.4 km - 336.21 km2 (into Lake Lucerne near Alpnach)
- Engelberger Aa - 38 km - 229.07 km2 (into Lake Lucerne at Buochs)
- Muota - 33 km - 316.99 km2 (into Lake Lucerne at Brunnen)
- Schächen - 18.8 km - 108 km2 (near Attinghausen)
- Hallwiler Aa - 39 km - 302.7km2 (in Möriken-Wildegg)
- Suhre/Sure - 34 km - 368.29 km2 (near Aarau)
- Wigger - 41 km - 380.29 km2 (between Rothrist/Aarburg)
- Emme - 80 km - 983 km2 (in Solothurn)
- Urtene - 19.3 km - 97 km2 (near Bätterkinden)
- Ilfis - 21.5 km - 188 km2 (near Langnau im Emmental)
- Suze - 43 km - 216.27 km2 (into Lake Biel in Biel/Bienne)
- Orbe / Thielle - 57 km - 488 km2 (into Lake Biel in La Neuveville)
- Broye - 86 km - 850 km2 (into Lake Neuchâtel in La Sauge)
- Saane/La Sarine - 128 km - 1,892 km2 (near Bern)
- Sense - 36 km - 434 km2 (near Laupen)
- Glâne - 36.9 km - 193 km2 (near Villars-sur-Glâne)
- Kander - 44 km - 1,126 km2 (into Lake Thun near Thun)
- Lütschine - km - (into Lake Brienz near Interlaken)
- Wutach - 91.1 km - 1,139.3 km2 (in Waldshut-Tiengen, Germany)
- Klingengraben - 23.4 km - 165.51 km2 (in Oberlauchringen, Germany)
- Schwarzbach - 17.5 km - 64.056 km2 (near Lauchringen, Germany)
- Klingengraben - 23.4 km - 165.51 km2 (in Oberlauchringen, Germany)
- Glatt - 67 km - 416 km2 (near Glattfelden)
- Ustermer Aa - 10.9 km - 62.75 km2 (into Greifensee at Niederuster)
- Töss - 58 km - 442 km2 (in Teufen)
- Thur - 125 km - 1724 km2 (near Flaach)
- Murg - 34 km - 213.45 km2 (near Warth-Weiningen)
- Sitter - 48.91 km - 340 km2 (in Bischofszell)
- Durach - 15.2 km - 62.9 km2 (in Schaffhausen)
- Biber - 30.7 km - 168 km2 (near Hemishofen)
- Lake Constance (Obersee, Seerhein, Untersee)
- Alpine Rhine (Alter Rhein, Rheintaler Binnenkanal) - 93.5 km - 6119 km2
- Saar - 10.7 km - 24.2 km2 (in Trübbach)
- Tamina - 30 km - 155.48 km2 (in Bad Ragaz)
- Landquart - 43 km - 618 km2 (in Landquart)
- Plessur - 33 km - 267 km2 (in Chur)
- Rabiosa - 7.9 km - 52.6 km2 (near Meiersboden)
- Hinterrhein - 57.3 km - 1,693 km2 (at Reichenau)
- Albula - 36 km - 950 km2 (near Thusis)
- Gelgia - km - km2 (in Tiefencastel)
- Landwasser - 30.5 km 293.11 km - 950 km2 (near Filisur)
- Dischmabach - 16 km 53.7 km2 (near Davos)
- Avers Rhine - 20 km - 261 km2 (near Andeer)
- Albula - 36 km - 950 km2 (near Thusis)
- Vorderrhein - 67.5 km - 1,514 km2 (at Reichenau)
- Rabiusa - 32 km
- Valser Rhine - 30 km - 186 km2
- Rein da Curnera - 7 km - 27 km2
- Rein da Maighels - 5.4 km - 9.07 km2
- Rein da Medel - 25 km - 128 km2
- Rein da Tuma - 3.5 km - 5.6 km2
- (see sources of the Rhine)
- Rhône - 264 km - 10,403 km2 (in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France)
- Saône - km - km2 (in Lyon, France)
- Doubs - 74 km - 1,310 km2 (in Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, France)
- Allaine - 28 km - 197 km2 (near Montbéliard, France)
- Doubs - 74 km - 1,310 km2 (in Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, France)
- Allondon - 17.9 km - 148 km2 (in Russin)
- Arve - 108 km - 1,976 km2 (in Geneva)
- Versoix - 21.8 km - 90.7 km2 (into Lake Geneva in Versoix)
- Hermance - 14 km - 42.5 km2 (into Lake Geneva in Hermance)
- Aubonne - 12.2 km - 96.3 km2 (into Lake Geneva near Aubonne)
- Venoge - 38 km - 238 km2 (into Lake Geneva in Saint-Sulpice)
- Trient - 17 km - 164.2 km2 (near Vernayaz)
- Drance - 43 km - 678 km2 (in Martigny)
- Sionne - 11 km - 27.64 km2 (in Sion)
- Navizence - 27.9 km - 255.54 km2 (in Chippis)
- Lonza - km - km2 (in Gampel)
- Vispa - 40 km - 787 km2 (in Visp)
- Massa - 7 km - 202.63 km2 (near Bitsch)
- Saône - km - km2 (in Lyon, France)
- Po (near Venice, Italy)
- Adda - km - km2 (in Cremona, Italy)
- Ticino - 91 km - 1,616 km2 (in Pavia, Italy)
- Toce - km - km2 (into Lake Maggiore in Verbania, Italy)
- Diveria - km - m2 (near Domodossola, Italy)
- Tresa - 13 km - 754 km2 (into Lake Maggiore in Luino, Italy)
- Giona - 15.1 km - 47.52 km2 (into Lake Maggiore in Maccagno, Italy)
- Maggia - 55 km - 926 km2 (into Lake Maggiore in Locarno)
- Melezzo Orientale - 42 km - 328.04 km2 (near Ponte Brolla)
- Verzasca - 34 km - 235.4 km2 (into Lake Maggiore in Tenero-Contra)
- Moesa - 46 km - 474,87 km2 (in Arbedo-Castione)
- Brenno - 36 km - 407.47 km2 (between Pollegio/Biasca)
- Toce - km - km2 (into Lake Maggiore in Verbania, Italy)
- Adige (near Venice, Italy)
- Danube (in Sulina, Romania)
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ The Linth is the main tributary of Lake Zurich and the Limmat the lake's outflow. Prior to the regulation of the Linth (1807–1823), the river did not flow into Lake Walen but joined the River Maag, the outflow of Lake Walen, west of the lake.
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