White water

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Wysswasser
The white water just before it flows into the Rhone

The white water just before it flows into the Rhone

Data
Water code CH : 201
location Canton of Valais , Switzerland
River system Rhône
Drain over Rhône  → Mediterranean
source Fiescher Glacier
46 ° 27 ′ 1 ″  N , 8 ° 8 ′ 18 ″  E
Source height approx.  1700  m above sea level M.
muzzle near Fiesch in the Rhone coordinates: 46 ° 23 '49 "  N , 8 ° 8' 3"  E ; CH1903:  653 502  /  138621 46 ° 23 '49 "  N , 8 ° 8' 3"  O
Mouth height approx.  1020  m above sea level M.
Height difference approx. 680 m
Bottom slope approx. 11%
length 6.4 km
Catchment area 84.7 km²
Communities Fieschertal , Fiesch
The confluence with the Rhone

The confluence with the Rhone

The white water , even Wyss water is called a 7 km long glacier stream in the Swiss canton of Valais .

Source and history

The white water is fed by the Fiescher glacier . The gray-white melt water of the glacier in the summer months gave the water its name.

The source is currently (summer 2010) at an altitude of around 1700 m, on the glacier tongue of the Fiescher glacier, which is in the area of ​​the Burghütte . The Wysswasser flows through Fieschertal down to Fiesch . There it flows into the Rhone ( called Rotten in Valais ). In the summer months, the amount of white water can exceed that of the Rhone.

The water level of the white water can fluctuate greatly due to regulation. Locks that are suddenly opened, for example from a gravel removal basin, can suddenly increase the amount of water in the white water. As a result, there are always deaths involving tourists. The high flow speed of the glacier stream is an often underestimated source of danger.

  • The glacier tongue of the Fiescher glacier is the source of the white water

  • The white water in Fiesch

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN, Table_13
  2. ^ Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration.
  3. ↑ Fiesch-Fieschertal.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. quoted from F. Kreuzer: Goms. Country on the young Rhone. 1995 and W. Ruppen: The Art Monuments of the Canton of Valais. The Untergoms. 1979.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.brig.ch  
  4. ^ In the hot summer of 2003, 89 people drowned in Switzerland. In: Walliser Bote of January 7, 2004, p. 11.

literature

  • Basel contributions to geography. Geographisch-Ethnologische Gesellschaft Basel, University of Basel, Institute of Geography, issues 12–15

Web links

Commons : Weisswasser  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Viesch in Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon