Lower Preuss

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Lower Preuss
The Unteralpreuss in Andermatt

The Unteralpreuss in Andermatt

Data
Water code CH : 4417
location Canton of Uri ; Switzerland
River system Rhine
Drain over Reuss  → Aare  → Rhine  → North Sea
source on the Sella pass between Pizzo Prevat and Giübin on the border with the canton of Ticino
46 ° 34 ′ 8 ″  N , 8 ° 38 ′ 10 ″  E
Source height 2511  m above sea level M.
muzzle west of Andermatt in the Reuss Coordinates: 46 ° 38 ′ 16 ″  N , 8 ° 35 ′ 11 ″  E ; CH1903:  687.88 thousand  /  165 824 46 ° 38 '16 "  N , 8 ° 35' 11"  O
Mouth height 1429  m above sea level M.
Height difference 1082 m
Bottom slope 81 ‰
length 13.3 km
Catchment area 57.64 km²
Discharge at the estuary
A Eo : 57.64 km²
MQ
Mq
2.53 m³ / s
43.9 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Bortwasser, Gurschenbach
Right tributaries Oberalpreuss , Portgerenbach, Tagliolabach

The Unteralpreuss is an approximately 13 kilometers long right tributary of the Reuss in the Swiss canton of Uri .

course

The Unteralpreuss rises on the Sella Pass between Pizzo Prevat and Giübin on the border with the canton of Ticino , flows through the Unteralp Valley and flows into the Reuss west of Andermatt . Its largest tributary is the Oberalpreuss , which rises on the Oberalp Pass . Below the Vermigelhütte , water is drained through a tunnel into the Ritomsee .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration ( information )
  2. Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Table_13
  3. Modeled mean annual discharge. In: Topographical catchment areas of Swiss waters: area outlets. Retrieved October 31, 2015 .