Rein da Medel

Lower reaches of the Rein da Medel at Pardé

The Rein da Medel (Italian: Reno di Medel, dt Medelser Rhine ) is the longest source of the river Rhine. The river is located in the two Swiss cantons of Ticino and Graubünden and flows through the two valleys Val and Val Medel Cadlimo. Rein da Medel is the local sursilvanische, so Romansh name in Graubünden, the generalization is applied usually for the entire river. In older texts, is also the name of the Middle Rhine.

The river name is independent of the form of language has two meanings: it is for a name for the entire river. On the other hand he is special name for the Italian speaking area - Ticino - lying part of the river (Italian: Reno di Medel, especially the upper reaches of the river), as well as lying in sursilvanischen language area underflow ( Rein da Medel sursilv. ). The sursilvanische part of the middle reaches is called Froda.

The most important locations on the river are the fractions Curaglia and Platta the community Medel.

River

The headwaters of the Medelser Rhine flows through the south of the Alps located Val Cadlimo, which belongs to the municipality of Quinto Ticino. There, the river is called the Reno di Medel Italian. There are three approximately equally strong source streams:

• A northern source stream (approx. 640m ) - arises from several sources below the Piz Curnera
• A central source stream (approx. 1150m ) - arises from the Botta di Cadlimo ( 2534m ) and flows through the Lago di Dentro
• A southern source stream (approx. 950m ) - arises from the Bassa del Lago Scuro below the Punta Negra and flows through Lake Scuro ( 2451m )

Northern and medium Quellarm unite just before the southern, most water-bearing, chiming. ( 46.6 ° N, 8.7 ° E ) 46.5660488.7050752400.

About a kilometer after the union of these source streams flows through the Reno di Medel Lake dell Isra ( 2322m ). A Klus, under which runs the NEAT Gotthard Base Tunnel, marks the transition from Val Cadlimo the Val Medel. Just below the Klus flows from the south from the Val dates coming from Passo dell'Uomo inflow. In this area, the Reno di Medel for about 600 meters to the border river between the towns of Quinto and Blenio dar. few meters north of the junction with the lake Lai da Sontga Maria ( 1908m ) runs the cantonal border between Ticino and Graubünden ( as a topographical conditions just ignore line between Lukmanierpass and Pizzo Scai ).

In Graubünden, the river is located in sursilvansprachigen, so Romansh part of the canton. The middle reaches Froda, the underflow clean is because called Medel here. The name change takes place at the mouth of the largest tributary Rein da Cristal Lina. Middle and lower reaches flow through the Val Medel and are almost primarily on the commune Medel; only about the last 1000 meters to the municipality of Disentis / Muster, the uppermost portion of the middle reaches still in Ticino.

The Lai da Sontga Maria covers the mouth of the southeast to Lukmanierpass leading little valley. In the entire Val Medel lead a numerous tributaries and brooks. The last two kilometers are approximately dominated by the canyon, " Las Ruinas " (" Medelserschlucht " ), in which there Medel together flows at about 1075m above sea level with the front of the net Rhine. Just above the confluence is a bridge the Lukmanier road over the Rhine front.

Flow lengths

The total flow length of the Rein da Medel is about 25.4 km. The following information about the sections of the river are also approx - information and in kilometers:

• Southern source Bach: 0.99
• Western source Bach: 1.00
• Northerly source Bach: 0.64
• Reno di Medel ( upper reaches of the Val Cadlimo, plus Ticino part of the middle reaches, without Lai da Santa Maria ): 6.76
• Lai da Sontga Maria: 2.67
• Froda ( Grisons part of the middle reaches without Lai da Santa Maria ): 5.91
• Rein da Medel ( underflow): 9.05

Neighboring river basins

The most important neighboring river basins are in the Rhenish system those of pure Anteriur ( anterior Rhine ), clean and pure as Nalps Sumvitg as well as in the catchment area of the Po River Basin of Canaria, Murinascia Grande and Brenno.

The Rein da Medel drained the only river to Canton Ticino across the Rhine into the North Sea. However, significant amounts of water of the upper course be taken at Stabbio Nuovo and through a tunnel at the Passo dell'Uomo the Murinascia Grande, a tributary of Lake Ritom supplied. Thus the Val Cadlimo, although orographic attributable to the Rhine, in large part but ultimately drained like almost all other valleys of Ticino into the Mediterranean.

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Gallery

Territory of the municipality Medel with inadequate kartiertem Rein da Medel

Boundary line in the area of ​​Canton limit ( Olivone is now one Blenio). The stream, which is denoted by Murinascia Grande actually has a different name. The Murinascia flows south through Lake Rittom in the Ticino.

Middle reaches ( Froda ), looking towards the north

Views over the lower reaches of the Rein da Medel north. In the foreground Platta, in the background Curaglia. Is very visible, such as the Rein da Medel eroded a gorge into the U-shaped glaciated valley

Dam of Lai da Sontga Maria

View over Curaglia tions Vorderrheintal with the Disentis Monastery

Look to the Medelsergletscher