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St. Moritz (/ ˌ s æ n m ə ˈ r ɪ t s / SAN mə-RITS, US also / ˌ s eɪ n t-/ SAYNT-, UK also / s ən t ˈ m ɒr ɪ t s / sənt MORR-its; German, in full: Sankt Moritz [zaŋkt moˈrɪts, ˈmoːrɪts] locally; Romansh: San Murezzan [sam muˈʁetsən] ⓘ; Italian: San Maurizio; [a] French: Saint-Moritz) is a high Alpine resort town in the Engadine in Switzerland, at an elevation of about ...
Champfèr (Romansh pronunciation: [tɕɐmpˈfɛːr] ⓘ) is a village in the Upper Engadin valley of the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. The Western part of the village belongs to the municipality of Silvaplana and part of the village belongs to the municipality of St. Moritz. The two halves of the town are separated by the creek Ova da ...
The lakes of the upper Engadine and the town of St. Moritz. The Engadin or Engadine (Romansh: Engiadina ⓘ; [note 1] German: Engadin ⓘ; Italian: Engadina; French: Engadine) is a long high Alpine valley region in the eastern Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden in southeasternmost Switzerland with about 25,000 inhabitants.
Lake St. Moritz (German: St. Moritzersee; Romansh: Lej da San Murezzan) is a lake at St. Moritz, Switzerland. With a surface of 0.78 km 2, it is smaller than the main lakes of the Upper Engadin valley (Lake Sils, Lake Silvaplana). Every January or early February, Polo matches are held on the lake.
Further, some municipalities which would fulfill such a definition nevertheless prefer to understand themselves still as a village, or consequently refer to themselves just as municipalities (German: Gemeinde, French: commune, Italian: comune). The Swiss definition of a town differs from the definition of a municipality. [2]: 14–19
The Engadin (here near St. Moritz and the lakes) is one of the highest valleys of the Alps and the only Swiss region in the basin of the Black Sea. The Grisons is Switzerland's largest and at the same time easternmost canton. Its geography, essentially marked by the Alps, is complex and encompasses a wide range of climates and ecosystems.
Corviglia is a location on the eastern slopes of Piz Nair, overlooking St. Moritz in the canton of Graubünden.It lies on the watershed between the rivers Schlattain (Val Saluver) and the Ovel da la Resgia (ending in Lake St. Moritz), at an elevation of 2,486 m (8,156 ft).
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