Hinterrhein (river)
Alps, front and rear Rhine
The Hinter Rhine in Spliigen
The back of the Rhine, in Romansh idiom Sutsilvan clean Posteriur, is one of the headwaters of the Rhine and in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It rises on the slopes of Rheinwaldhorn, Güferhorn and Rhine spring horn and joins in Reichenau the Anterior Rhine to now only mentioned Rhine river.
Course and valley landscape
The valley of the Hinter-Rhein is from top to bottom three grounds of appeal: the Rhine forest with Spliigen as the largest village, the Shams with Andeer and Domleschg Region / Heinz mountain with Thusis. In between are the once dreaded traffic blocks the Rofflaschlucht above the Shams and the Via Mala below.
The origin of the Hinterrheins is from the village back on the Rhine Zapporthütte SAC to achieve ( 2,276 m) in around four hours by foot hike. The uppermost part of the valley is connected through the San Bernardino Pass the Ticino; of Spliigen leads from the historical Splügenpass to Chiavenna in the Italian province of Sondrio. From Thusis the road branches off to Davos, respectively for Julier and Albula Pass from.
Behind The Rhine is 64 kilometers and a maximum, measured over the longest flow path Dischmabach than 72 kilometers in length slightly shorter than the front Rhine, measured over the Rein da Medel, about 76 kilometers. However, it is larger than the anterior Rhine, the leading s 53.8 m³ / with a water flow of 59.6 m³ / s. On the question of the source of the Rhine, see Rhine source.
Tributaries
- Usser part Tobelbach (left)
- Höhbergtobel (left)
- Grattobel (right)
- Brunstbach (left)
- Schgräjendbach (right)
- Maseggbach (right)
- Plate Bach ( left)
- Räppierbach (left)
- Kappelbach (right)
- Altnerschbach (left)
- Areuabach (right)
- Hoflibach (left)
- Chratzlibach (right)
- Függschtobelbach (left)
- Tambobach (right)
- Hüscherenbach (right)
- Stutzbach (left)
- Rays Tobelbach (right)
- Wissbach (left)
- Steep Erbach (left)
- Töbeli (left)
- Surettabach (right)
- Lung Bach ( left)
- Avers Rhine ( Ragn since Ferrera, the second largest tributary, right)
- Ual as Pignia (right)
- Fundogn (left)
- Plattera (left)
- Ual as Reischen (right)
- Nolla (left)
- Albula ( Alvra, the largest tributary, right)
- Scharanser Tobel (right)
- Caznerbach (left)
- Almenser Tobel (right)
- Tomilser Bach ( right)
- Val da Treps (right)
Gallery
The confluence of the Rhine background (right) and anterior Rhine ( left) at Reichenau