Vispa

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Vispa
The mouth of the Vispa (right) into the Rhone

The mouth of the Vispa (right) into the Rhone

Data
Water code CH : 182
location District of Visp , Canton of Valais , Switzerland
River system Rhone
Drain over Rhone  → Mediterranean
confluence from Saaser Vispa and Matter Vispa near Stalden
46 ° 13 ′ 51 ″  N , 7 ° 52 ′ 20 ″  E
Source height 724  m above sea level M.
muzzle near Visp in the Rhone coordinates: 46 ° 18 '8 "  N , 7 ° 52' 11"  E ; CH1903:  633 219  /  127961 46 ° 18 '8 "  N , 7 ° 52' 11"  O
Mouth height 643  m above sea level M.
Height difference 81 m
Bottom slope 9.6 ‰
length 8.4 km (with the longest source river 51.5 km)
Catchment area 796.11 km²
Discharge at the Visp
A Eo gauge : 786 km² 		NNQ (March 1965)
MNQ 1981–2016
MQ 1981–2016
Mq 1981–2016
 MHQ 1981–2016
HHQ (September 1993) 		1.19 m³ / s
12.8 m³ / s
16.8 m³ / s
21.4 l / (s km²)
 23 m³ / s
329 m³ / s
Small towns Visp
Vispa (Switzerland)
Source Saaser Vispa
Source Saaser Vispa
Source Matter Vispa
Source Matter Vispa
muzzle
muzzle
Source and mouth of the Vispa

The Vispa is a river in the Vispertal in the canton of Valais .

The Vispa was a possible namesake for the city of Visp .

The Vispa is created in Stalden by the confluence of the Saaservispa from the Saas Valley and the Mattervispa from the Mattertal . After 8.4 kilometers the Vispa flows into the Rotten or the Rhone near Visp .

photos

  • Vispa near Neubrück and Riti.

See also

Web links (images)

Commons : Vispa  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Vispa on the ETHorama platform

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: sub-catchment areas 2 km². Retrieved June 9, 2019 .
  4. ↑ St. Gallen measuring station, Bruggen Au 1981–2016 (PDF) Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
  5. ^ Walter Ruppen: Visp VS. Settlement and buildings . (Swiss art guide, 356). Ges. For Swiss. Art history, Bern 1981, ISBN 3-85782-356-9 .