Lonza (river)
| Lonza | ||
 Lonza in October 2006 |
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| Data | ||
| Water code | CH : 153 | |
| location | Canton of Valais , Switzerland | |
| River system | Rhône | |
| Drain over | Rhône → Mediterranean | |
| source | on Langgletscher 46 ° 27 ′ 57 ″ N , 7 ° 54 ′ 58 ″ E |
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| Source height | approx. 2750 m above sea level M. | |
| muzzle | at Gampel in the Rhone coordinates: 46 ° 18 '24 " N , 7 ° 44' 36" E ; CH1903: 623466 / 128396 46 ° 18 '24 " N , 7 ° 44' 36" O |
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| Mouth height | 626 m above sea level M. | |
| Height difference | approx. 2124 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 98 ‰ | |
| length | 21.7 km | |
| Catchment area | 161.6 km² | |
The Lonza is a 22 kilometer long river in the Swiss canton of Valais . It rises on the Lang glacier and then flows through the high-lying Lötschental . It then flows through a gorge below Goppenstein and flows into the Rhone at Gampel .
The Lonza is characterized by rapid and very difficult white water on its mobile section between Blatten and the reservoir near Ferden . At the confluence with the Rhone, the Lonza forms the border between the villages of Gampel and Steg and the districts of Leuk and Westlich Raron .
The Lonza Group , which operates in the life sciences , is named after her.
See also
Web links
Commons : Lonza - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Lonza (river) on the ETHorama platform
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
- ↑ Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Table_13
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. : Swisstopo geodata viewer, as of November 2012
