List of rivers in Switzerland

River catchment areas in Switzerland:

Rhine

→ Aare ⁽²⁾

Rhône

Po

Danube

Adige river ⁽¹⁾

Map of Switzerland with the largest rivers, lakes, cantons and their capitals

Rivers in Switzerland
according to mean discharge (over 30 m³ / s)

This list shows the largest rivers in Switzerland without claiming to be exhaustive.

See also : Hydrography of Switzerland

The largest rivers in Switzerland

With a catchment area of ​​over 1000 km² ⁽¹⁾ within Switzerland

Surname	Length in km	Catchment area in km² (2)	mean discharge ( MQ ) in m³ / s	High flow rate ( MHQ ) in m³ / s	Area code according to HADES
Rhine	375	36,472	1037		10
Rhine above Aare	315	15,944	457 (3)
Aare	288.2	17'755	560		20 (2)
Aare ob. Reuss	273	11,729	315
Rhone (fr: Rhône, German also: Rotten)	264	10,427	340	973.2	50
Reuss	158	3425	140		30 (2)
Orbe / Zihl	118	2672	55.5
Linth / Limmat	140	2416	101		40 (2)
Inn (Raetorom .: En)	104	2150	53.3	272.6	80
Saane (fr: Sarine)	128	1892	53.8
Thur	125	1724	47
Hinterrhein (4)	57.3	1693	59.6
Ticino (German: Ticino)	91	1616	67.9	895.5	60
Anterior Rhine (4)	67.5	1514	53.8
Doubs	74	1310	33.1	231.2
Kander	44	1126	42.6	124.8

Evidence of catchment areas: Rhine, Rhone, Aare
Evidence of flood discharge values ​​(MHQ: mean value of annual maxima): Rhone (without La Laire), Inn (5 km from the national border), Ticino, Kander (without Stadelbach), Doubs

Remarks:

⁽¹⁾ The HADES river basins cover over 1000 km², but the small catchment areas Adda (70) and Etsch / Adige (90) are excluded as a river basin for hydrographic reasons (Adda to the Po → Adria, Etsch directly to the Adriatic)

⁽²⁾ The information relates to the entire catchment area (including outside of Switzerland) either at the point of confluence or at the point at which the river leaves Switzerland.

⁽³⁾The Aare is (nominally) a tributary of the Rhine, but at its confluence with the Rhine it carries more water at 560 m³ / s than the latter with 458 m³ / s (sum of the Rekingen level value and the Wutach mouth value ). Reuss and Limmat are tributaries of the Aare - they are designated as a separate area because of their importance for Switzerland. The Linth is the upper reaches of the Limmat.

⁽⁴⁾ The Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein are the source rivers of the Rhine.

Tributaries, catchment area and water volume

Length over 50 km or catchment area over 500 km² within Switzerland. The mean flow rate (MQ) according to the information in the info box in the article on the river is specified as the flow rate.

• Rhine (Switzerland only) - 375 km - 36'472 km² - 1037 m³ / s - (total data: length 1238.8 km, catchment area with Maas 218,300 km², discharge at the German-Dutch border 2300 m³ / s,total river system of the Rhine : 2900 m³ / s)

• Vorderrhein (source river of the Rhine) - 67.5 km - 1514 km² - 53.8 m³ / s
• Hinterrhein (source river of the Rhine) - 57.3 km - 1693 km² - 59.6 m³ / s

• Albula - 36 km - 950 km² - 29.1 m³ / s

• Alpine Rhine (Tamins - Lake Constance) - 90 km - 6119 km² - 235 m³ / s

• Landquart 43 km - 618 km² - 25 m³ / s

• Upper Rhine (Bodensee - Basel) - discharge increase: from 364 m³ / s (outflow Bodensee ) to 1037 m³ / s

• Thur 125 km - 1724 km² - 47 m³ / s

• Sitter 70 km - 340 km² - 10.2 m³ / s

• Töss - 57 km - 442 km² - 9.74 m³ / s
• Birs (fr: La Birse) - 73 km - 924 km² - 15.4 m³ / s
• Aare - 295 km - 17,755 km² - 560 m³ / s

• Kander - 44 km - 1126 km² - 42.6 m³ / s

• Simme - 53 km - 594 km² - 21.1 m³ / s

• Saane (fr: La Sarine) - 128 km - 1892 km² - 53.8 m³ / s
• Orbe / Zihl - 118 km - 2672 km² - 55.5 m³ / s
• Broye - 72 km - 854 km² - 12.3 m³ / s
• Emme - 81.9 km - 983 km² - 20 m³ / s
• Reuss - 164.4 km - 3425 km² - 140 m³ / s

• Kleine Emme - 58 km - 477 km² - 14.3 m³ / s

• Limmat - 36.3 km (total 140 km - 2416 km²) - 101 m³ / s

• Linth - 104 km - 1283 km² - 54.6 m³ / s
• Sihl - 73 km - 341 km² - 6.79 m³ / s

• Rhone (fr: Rhône, Rotten) (Switzerland only) - 264 km - 10'427 km² - 340 m³ / s - (total data: length 812 km, catchment area 95,500 km², discharge 1800 m³ / s into the Mediterranean )

• Vispa - 40 km - 787 km² - 17.0 m³ / s
• Dranse - 44 km - 690 km² - 8.9 m³ / s
• Doubs (Switzerland only) - 74 km - 1310 km² - 33.1 m³ / s (total data: length 453 km, catchment area 7710 km², discharge 176 m³ / s into the Rhone )

• Ticino (German: Ticino) (Switzerland only) - 91 km - 1616 km² - 68 m³ / s (total data: length 248 km, catchment area 7228 km², discharge 348 m³ / s into the Po )

• Maggia - 58.1 km - 928 km² - 47.2 m³ / s
• Tresa - 15 km - 754 km² - 23.7 m³ / s

• Inn (Rätorom .: En) (Switzerland only) - 104 km - 2150 km² - 58 m³ / s (total data: length 517 km, catchment area 26130 km², discharge 740 m³ / s into the Danube )

See also

• List of lakes in Switzerland
• List of the largest lakes in Switzerland
• List of mountains in Switzerland
• List of valleys in Switzerland
• List of Swiss glaciers

Web links

• BFU Hydrological Basics and Data

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Current situation waters. BFU, accessed on January 10, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Hydrological Yearbook of Switzerland. (PDF) FOEN, accessed on January 10, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Provisional data: Rhine - Weil, Palmrainbrücke. (PDF) BFU, accessed on January 10, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Provisional data: Rhône - Chancy, Vers Vaux. (PDF) BFU, accessed on January 10, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Provisional data: Aare - Felsenau, KW Klingnau (UW). (PDF) BFU, accessed on January 10, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Rhône - Chancy, Aux Ripes - BD-No 672 - Probabilité des crues (pointes annuelles). (PDF) BFU, accessed on January 10, 2014 . 
7. ↑ Inn - Martina - DB no. 210 - flood probabilities (annual flood). (PDF) BFU, accessed on January 10, 2014 . 
8. ↑ Level data from Bellinzona, Hydrological Yearbook of Switzerland. (PDF) FOEN, accessed on January 10, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Kander - Hondrich - DB no. 1117, flood probabilities (annual flood). (PDF) BFU, accessed on January 10, 2014 . 
10. ↑ Level data from Ocourt, Hydrological Yearbook of Switzerland. (PDF) FOEN, accessed on January 10, 2014 .