Kander (other)
Kander may refer to: Rivers *Kander (Switzerland) *Kander (Germany) People with the surname *Jason Kander (born 1981), American politician *John Kander (born 1927), American composer of the songwriting team Kander and Ebb *Lizzie Black Kander (1858-1941), American writer and activist *Nadav Kander (born 1961), British photographer *Simon Kander (1848-1931), American politician See also *Chander *Sander (other) *Xander (other) *Zander (other) The zander is a species of fish. Zander can also be a given name, a diminutive of the male given name Alexander, or a surname. It may refer to: People Surname * Benjamin Zander (born 1939), English-American conductor * Carl Zander (born 1963), fo ...

Kander (Switzerland)
The Kander is a river in Switzerland. It is long and has a watershed of . Originally a tributary of the Aare, with a confluence downstream of the city of Thun, since 1714 it flows into Lake Thun upstream of the city. The drainage water from the Kander Neve (glacier) in the middle of the Bernese Alps at an altitude of flows through the Gasteretal westward. south of Kandersteg it turns to north into the larger Kandertal. After it converges in Frutigen with the Engstlige from the left, its second major tributary. The Engstligental with Adelboden at its south end, runs more or less parallel to the Kandertal before they converge into the Frutigtal. Continuing northwards, the Frutigtal makes a long bend to the west in order to get around the Niesen. Between Spiez and Reutigen it converges with the Simme from the left, its major tributary, and turns to the north again and flows into the Lake of Thun after a break through a hill, which used to prevent it flowing into the lake until ...
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