Furkareuss

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Furkareuss
upper course name: Blaubergbach
Furkareuss valley to the west and Furka pass

Furkareuss valley to the west and Furka pass

Data
Water code CH : 38
location Canton of Uri ; Switzerland
River system Rhine
Drain over Reuss  → Aare  → Rhine  → North Sea
source south of the Furka Pass in the Upper Schwärziseeli
46 ° 33 ′ 44 ″  N , 8 ° 25 ′ 49 ″  E
Source height 2640  m above sea level M.
Name change at the confluence of the Gotthardreuss at Hospental zu Reuss Coordinates: 46 ° 35 ′ 16 ″  N , 8 ° 29 ′ 41 ″  E ; CH1903:  680 941  /  160 164 46 ° 35 '16 "  N , 8 ° 29' 41"  O
Mouth height 1573  m above sea level M.
Height difference 1067 m
Bottom slope 69 ‰
length 15.5 km
Catchment area 92.01 km²
Discharge  at the mouth of the
A Eo : 92.01 km² 		MQ
Mq
 		4.61 m³ / s
50.1 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries Steffentalbach, Witenwasserenreuss , Gotthardreuss

The Furkareuss is the upper reaches of the Reuss in the Swiss canton of Uri . At Hospental it unites with the smaller Gotthardreuss and from then on is only called Reuss.

course

The Furkareuss rises as Blaubergbach in the Oberen Schwärziseeli above the Furka Pass . It then flows through the Mittlere Schwärziseeli, falls steeply down into the valley and meets the Furka mountain route near the Furka train station (2163 m above sea level) and is now called Furkareuss. After the confluence of the Sidelen and Tiefenbach (both from the left) the Witenwasserenreuss (its largest tributary) joins from the right . In the valley floor of the Urserental it passes the villages Realp and Zumdorf and flows together with the Gotthardreuss at Hospental to form the Reuss. The Furkareuss has covered a distance of around 16 kilometers to this point, the Gotthardreuss only around nine kilometers.

bridges

On its way, the Furkareuss is spanned by 24 bridges, ie ten road, eight pedestrian and six railway bridges.

Two historical stone arch bridges cross the river, namely the Alte Furkastrasse bridge (built in the 1860s) in Realp and the Tennlen bridge (built presumably from the 16th to 17th centuries) in Hospental.

Two striking railway viaducts are worth mentioning: the Steinstafel viaduct (1926) on the Furka mountain route in Realp-Tiefenbach and the Richleren viaduct (1913) on the Matterhorn-Gotthard railway in Hospental.

Web links

Commons : Furkareuss  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  2. ↑ a b Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Retrieved June 22, 2019 .