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Pages in category "Rivers of the Alps" The following 82 pages are in this category, out of 82 total. ... Soana (river) Steria (creek) Strona (river) Strona di Mosso;
The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein border, then part of the Swiss-Austrian border. From Lake Constance downstream, it forms part of the Swiss-German border. After that the Rhine defines much of the Franco-German border.
Originating in Germany, ... Since the Rhine is the only river rising in the Alps mountains which flows north towards the North Sea, ...
The name Engadin and the Romansh name En indicate that the upper reaches of the river have always been called this way. [citation needed] Even though it was occasionally believed that the Inn originated near the Adige at the Reschen Pass, since the 16th century at the latest the origin has been seen uniformly in the area of the lakes at the ...
The Rhône (/ r oʊ n / ROHN, French: ⓘ; Occitan: Ròse; Arpitan: Rôno) [1] is a major river in France and Switzerland, rising in the Alps and flowing west and south through Lake Geneva and Southeastern France before discharging into the Mediterranean Sea (Gulf of Lion).
Natural-colour satellite image of north-eastern Italy showing parts of the Cellina, Meduna, and Tagliamento rivers. The Tagliamento (Italian: [taʎʎaˈmento]; Friulian: Tiliment; Venetian: Tajamento) is a braided river in north-east Italy, flowing from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea at a point between Trieste and Venice.
The Alps extend in an arc from France in the south and west to Slovenia in the east, and from Monaco in the south to Germany in the north. The Alps are a crescent shaped geographic feature of central Europe that ranges in an 800 km (500 mi) arc (curved line) from east to west and is 200 km (120 mi) in width.
The Isar (pronounced ⓘ) is a river in Austria and in Bavaria, Germany.Its source is in the Karwendel mountain range of the Alps.The Isar river enters Germany near Mittenwald and flows through Bad Tölz, Munich, and Landshut before reaching the Danube near Deggendorf.