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Sources of the Rhine, the Glossary

Lake Toma in the Swiss canton of Grisons (Graubünden) is generally regarded as the Source of the River Rhine.^[1]

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Geography of Graubünden
Rhine

Aare

The Aare or Aar is the main tributary of the High Rhine (its discharge even exceeds that of the latter at their confluence) and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland. Sources of the Rhine and Aare are rivers of Switzerland.

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Aargletschers

The Aargletschers, literally "Aare-Glaciers", are a system of glaciers located at the sources of the Aare river in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland.

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Albula (river)

Albula (German; Alvra) is a river of Switzerland, a right tributary of the Hinterrhein. Sources of the Rhine and Albula (river) are rivers of Switzerland.

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Albula Pass

The Albula Pass (Romansh: Pass d'Alvra or, Albulapass) (el. 2312 m) is a Swiss mountain pass in the canton of Graubünden.

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Alpine Rhine

The Alpine Rhine Valley (Alpenrheintal) is a glacial alpine valley, formed by the Alpine Rhine (Alpenrhein), the part of the Rhine between the confluence of the Anterior Rhine and Posterior Rhine at Reichenau and Lake Constance.

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Altitude

Altitude is a distance measurement, usually in the vertical or "up" direction, between a reference datum and a point or object.

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Avers Rhine

The Avers Rhine (Ragn da Ferrera, Averser Rhein) is a tributary of the Hinterrhein/Rein Posteriur in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Sources of the Rhine and Avers Rhine are rivers of Switzerland.

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Bergün/Bravuogn

Bergün/Bravuogn (Bergün, Bravuogn, in the local Romansh dialect Brauégn) is a village and former municipality in the Albula Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

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Cantons of Switzerland

The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the Swiss Confederation.

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Confluence

In geography, a confluence (also: conflux) occurs where two or more watercourses join to form a single channel.

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Davos

Davos (or; help; Old Tavate) is an Alpine resort town and a municipality in the Prättigau/Davos Region in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland.

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Discharge (hydrology)

In hydrology, discharge is the volumetric flow rate (volume per time, in units of m3/h or ft3/h) of a stream.

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Dischmabach

The Dischmabach is a river of approximately 15 km long in the river system of Albula. Sources of the Rhine and Dischmabach are rivers of Switzerland.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.

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Drainage divide

A drainage divide, water divide, ridgeline, watershed, water parting or height of land is elevated terrain that separates neighboring drainage basins.

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ETH Zurich

ETH Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) is a public research university in Zürich, Switzerland.

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Gelgia (river)

Gelgia (Romansh, Julia) is a river in the Grisons canton, eastern Switzerland. Sources of the Rhine and Gelgia (river) are rivers of Switzerland.

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Grisons

The Grisons or Graubünden,Names include.

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High Rhine

High Rhine (Hochrhein,; kilometres 0 to 167 of the Rhine) is the name of the part of the Rhine between Lake Constance (Bodensee) and the city of Basel, flowing in a general east-to-west direction and forming mostly the Germany–Switzerland border. Sources of the Rhine and High Rhine are rivers of Switzerland.

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Hinterrhein (river)

The Hinterrhein (Ragn Posteriur; Rein Posteriur; Rain Posteriur; Ragn posteriour; Reno Posteriore), or Posterior Rhine, is the right of the two initial tributaries of the Rhine (the other being the Vorderrhein). Sources of the Rhine and Hinterrhein (river) are rivers of Switzerland.

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Hydrology of Switzerland

Hydrology is the science which studies the water cycle as a whole, hence the water exchanges between soil and atmosphere (precipitation and evaporation) but also between the soil and sub ground (groundwater).

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Ilanz

Ilanz (Glion) is a former municipality in the district of Surselva in the Swiss canton of the Grisons.

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Klosters

Klosters is a Swiss village in the Prättigau, politically part of the municipality of Klosters-Serneus, which belongs to the political district Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Grisons.

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Koblenz, Switzerland

Koblenz (or Coblenz) is a town and municipality in the district of Zurzach in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.

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Lago di Lei

Lago di Lei (Lombard: Lach de Lei) is a reservoir in the Valle di Lei, powering the Hinterrhein storage power stations.

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Lai da Curnera

Lai da Curnera is a reservoir on the river Rein da Curnera in the municipality of Tujetsch, in the Grisons, Switzerland.

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Lake Davos

Lake Davos (Davosersee) is a small natural lake at Davos, Switzerland.

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Landwasser

The Landwasser is a river in canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. Sources of the Rhine and Landwasser are rivers of Switzerland.

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List of rivers of Switzerland

The following is a list of rivers of Switzerland (and tributaries thereof). Sources of the Rhine and list of rivers of Switzerland are rivers of Switzerland.

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Lombardy

Lombardy (Lombardia; Lombardia) is an administrative region of Italy that covers; it is located in northern Italy and has a population of about 10 million people, constituting more than one-sixth of Italy's population.

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Lukmanier Pass

Lukmanier Pass (Italian: Passo del Lucomagno, Romansh: Cuolm Lucmagn) is a pass in the Swiss Alps.

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Medel (Lucmagn)

Medel is a municipality in the Surselva Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

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Moraine

A moraine is any accumulation of unconsolidated debris (regolith and rock), sometimes referred to as glacial till, that occurs in both currently and formerly glaciated regions, and that has been previously carried along by a glacier or ice sheet.

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North Sea

The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.

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Oberalp Pass

Oberalp Pass (Alpsu or Cuolm d'Ursera; Oberalppass) (2044 meters above sea level) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps connecting the cantons of Graubünden and Uri between Disentis/Mustér and Andermatt.

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Precipitation

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull.

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Province of Sondrio

The province of Sondrio (provincia di Sondrio) is a province in the Lombardy region of Italy.

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Quinto, Ticino

Quinto (Quint) is a municipality in the district of Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

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Reichenau, Switzerland

Reichenau (La Punt) is a village in the municipality of Tamins in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, where the two Rhine tributaries Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein meet, forming the Alpine Rhine.

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Rein da Curnera

The Rein da Curnera (in Curnerarhein) is a right tributary of the Anterior Rhine and one of the main tributaries of the Rhine (see Sources of the Rhine). Sources of the Rhine and Rein da Curnera are rivers of Switzerland.

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Rein da Maighels

The Rein da Maighels (Maighelserrhein) is one of the main tributaries of the Rhine (see Sources of the Rhine) and is a tributary to the Rein da Curnera. Sources of the Rhine and Rein da Maighels are rivers of Switzerland.

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Rein da Medel

The Rein da Medel (Reno di Medel; Medelser Rhein) is the longest headwater of the Rhine. Sources of the Rhine and Rein da Medel are rivers of Switzerland.

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Rein da Tuma

The Rein da Tuma is a river in Switzerland, in the Canton of Graubünden. Sources of the Rhine and Rein da Tuma are rivers of Switzerland.

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Reservoir

A reservoir is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation.

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Rheinwald

The Rheinwald (from Latin Rheni vallis meaning "Rhine Valley"; Romansh: Valrain) is a valley in the Canton of Grisons in Switzerland, the first section of the Hinterrhein valley. Sources of the Rhine and Rheinwald are geography of Graubünden.

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Rheinwaldhorn

The Rheinwaldhorn (Adula) is the highest point in the Swiss canton of Ticino at 3,402 metres above sea level.

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Rhine

--> The Rhine is one of the major European rivers. Sources of the Rhine and Rhine are rivers of Switzerland.

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River source

The headwater of a river or stream is the farthest point on each of its tributaries upstream from its mouth/estuary into a lake/sea or its confluence with another river.

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Romansh language

Romansh is a Gallo-Romance language spoken predominantly in the Swiss canton of the Grisons (Graubünden).

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Splügen

Splügen (Romansh: Spleia, Italian: Spluga) is a former municipality in the Viamala Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.

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Sursilvan

Sursilvan (also romontsch sursilvan; Sursilvan, Vallader, Surmiran, Sutsilvan, and Rumantsch Grischun: sursilvan; Puter: sursilvaun) is a group of dialects of the Romansh language spoken in the Swiss district of Surselva.

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Swisstopo

Swisstopo is the official name for the Swiss Federal Office of Topography (in German: Bundesamt für Landestopografie; French: Office fédéral de topographie; Italian: Ufficio federale di topografia; Romansh: Uffizi federal da topografia), Switzerland's national mapping agency.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sources_of_the_Rhine

, Sursilvan, Swisstopo, Tamins, Ticino, Tomasee, Tributary, Vorderrhein, Walser people.

Sources of the Rhine, the Glossary

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See also

Geography of Graubünden

Rhine

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