List of rivers of Switzerland
- Rhine
- → Aare ( 2)
- Rhône
- Po
- Danube
- Adige ( 1)
This list shows the largest rivers of Switzerland, with no claim to completeness.
The largest rivers in Switzerland
Evidence basins: Rhine, Rhone, Aar Evidence on flood -runoff values ( MHQ: Mean of annual maxima ): Rhone (without La Laire ) Inn (5 km from the border ), Ticino, Kander (without Stadelbach ), Doubs
Notes:
Inflows, catchment area and water volume
- Rhein (Switzerland only) - 375 km - 36'472 km ² - 1037 m³ / s - (Total data: length 1238.8 km, catchment area with Maas 218.3 thousand km ², drain on the German- Dutch border 2300 m³ / s, the river system of the Rhine total 2900 m³ / s)
- Anterior Rhine ( source of the river Rhine ) - 67.5 km - 1'514 km ² - 53.8 m³ / s
- Behind the Rhine ( source of the river Rhine ) - 57.3 km - 1'693 km ² - 59.6 m³ / s
- Albula - 36 km - 950 km ² - 29.1 m³ / s
- Alpine Rhine ( Tamins - Lake Constance) - 90 km - 6'119 km ² - 235 m³ / s
- Country Quart 43 km - 618 km ² - 25 m³ / s
- High Rhine (Bodensee - Basel ) - Drainage increase: from 364 m³ / s ( discharge Bodensee) to 1037 m³ / s
- Thur 125 km - 1724 km ² - 47 m³ / s
- Sitter 70 km - 340 km ²
- Töss - 57 km - 442 km ²
- Birs (fr: La Birse ) - 73 km - 924 km ² - 15.4 m³ / s
- Aare - 295 km - 17'755 km ² - 560 m³ / s
- Kander - 44 km - 1'126 km ² - 42.6 m³ / s
- Simme - 53 km - 594 km ² - 21.1 m³ / s
- Sarine (fr: La Sarine ) - 128 km - 1,892 km ² - 53.8 m³ / s
- Orbe / Zihl - 118 km - 2,672 km ² - 55.5 m³ / s
- Broye - 72 km - 854 km ²
- Emme - 81.9 km - 983 km ² - 20 m³ / s
- Reuss - 164.4 km - 3'425 km ² - 140 m³ / s
- Kleine Emme - 58 km - 477 km ² - 14.3 m³ / s
- Limmat - 36.3 km (total 140 km - 2'416 km ²) - 101 m³ / s
- Rhône (German Rhone, Rotten ) (Switzerland only) - 264 km - 10'427 km ² - 340 m³ / s - (Total data: length 812 km, catchment area 95,500 km ², discharge 1800 m³ / s in the Mediterranean )
- Vispa - 40 km - 787 km ² - 17.0 m³ / s
- Dranse - 44 km - 690 km ² - 8.9 m³ / s
- Doubs (Switzerland only) - 74 km - 1'310 km ² - 33.1 m³ / s (Total data: length 453 km, catchment area 7'710 km ², drain 176 m³ / s in the Rhône)
- Ticino ( dt: Ticino ) (Switzerland only) - 91 km - 1'616 km ² - 68 m³ / s (Total data: length 248 km, catchment area 7'228 km ², drain 348 m³ / s in the butt )
- Maggia - 58.1 km - 926 km ² - 22.7 m³ / s
- Tresa - 15 km - 754 km ² - 23.7 m³ / s
- Inn ( rätorom: En) (Switzerland only) - 104 km - 2'150 km ² - 58 m³ / s (only Switzerland )