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Morge (tributary Of The Rhône)
The Morge, also called Morge de Conthey, is a Switzerland, Swiss river in the Valais, canton of Valais, a tributary of the Rhône on its right bank. Hydronymy The name of the Morge derives from the Celtic languages, Celtic term ''morga'', meaning "border." It shares this etymology with the Morge (Lake Geneva), Morge in Saint-Gingolph and the in the Vaud, canton of Vaud. To avoid confusion, it is sometimes referred to as the "Morge de Conthey." Geography Location The Morge forms the boundary between the municipalities of Conthey and Savièse along its valley, and between Conthey and Sion, Switzerland, Sion in the Rhine Plain, Rhône plain. It also marks the border between the districts of Conthey District, Conthey and Sion District, Sion. Its adjacent Drainage basin, drainage basins include the Lizerne to the west, the Sarine District, Sarine to the northwest, the Geltenbach to the north, the Lienne to the northeast, the Sionne (river), Sionne to the east, and the Rhô ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsanfleuron Glacier
The Tsanfleuron Glacier (, ) is a long glacier (2005) situated in the western Bernese Alps in the cantons of Valais and Vaud in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of . It culminates at the Dôme, at approximately 3,000 metres above sea level, where it is separated from the Diablerets Glacier. The lowest point is at approx. 2,500 metres. The glacier is overlooked by the Scex Rouge and the Oldenhorn on the north, and by the Quille du Diable on the south. Most of the glacier is used as a ski area and is better known under the name of the company operating the ski area ''Glacier 3000'' or ''Glacier des Diablerets'' (the latter is in fact a nearby smaller glacier on the summit of the Diablerets). The area can be reached easily from the Scex Rouge station with the help of a chairlift. Several secured paths allow pedestrians to walk on the glacier. Snow buses are also operated on the glacier. In July 2017, the frozen bodies of a Swiss couple who went missing in 1942 were discovered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sion District
The district of Sion is a district of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of (as of ). Municipalities It comprises the following municipalities: Coat of arms The blazon of the district coat of arms is ''Per pale Argent two Mullets of Five Gules, and Gules.'' Demographics Sion has a population () of . Most of the population () speaks French (31,488 or 85.1%) as their first language, German is the second most common (1,878 or 5.1%) and Portuguese is the third (1,029 or 2.8%). There are 915 people who speak Italian and 20 people who speak Romansh. , the gender distribution of the population was 48.3% male and 51.7% female. The population comprised 15,250 Swiss men (36.8% of the population) and 4,787 (11.5%) non-Swiss men. There were 16,910 Swiss women (40.8%) and 4,537 (10.9%) non-Swiss women. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anno Domini
The terms (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Gregorian calendar, Gregorian and Julian calendar, Julian calendars. The term is Medieval Latin and means "in the year of the Lord" but is often presented using "our Lord" instead of "the Lord", taken from the full original phrase "", which translates to "in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ". The form "BC" is specific to English language, English, and equivalent abbreviations are used in other languages: the Latin (language), Latin form, rarely used in English, is (ACN) or (AC). This calendar era takes as its epoch (date reference), epoch the traditionally reckoned year of the annunciation, conception or Nativity of Jesus, birth of Jesus. Years ''AD'' are counted forward since that epoch and years ''BC'' are counted backward from the epoch. There is no year zero in this scheme; thus the year AD 1 immediately follows the year 1 BC. This dating system was devised in 525 by Dionysius Exiguus but was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strahler Number
In mathematics, the Strahler number or Horton–Strahler number of a mathematical tree (graph theory), tree is a numerical measure of its branching complexity. These numbers were first developed in hydrology, as a way of measuring the complexity of rivers and streams, by and . In this application, they are referred to as the Strahler stream order and are used to define stream size based on a hierarchy of tributary, tributaries. The same numbers also arise in the analysis of L-systems and of hierarchical biological structures such as (biological) trees and animal respiratory and circulatory systems, in register allocation for compiler, compilation of high-level programming languages and in the analysis of social networks. Definition All trees in this context are directed graphs, oriented from the root towards the leaves; in other words, they are Arborescence (graph theory), arborescences. The degree (graph theory), degree of a node in a tree is just its number of children. One may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discharge Regime
Discharge regime, flow regime, or hydrological regime (commonly termed river regime, but that term is also used for other measurements) is the long-term pattern of annual changes to a stream's discharge at a particular point. Hence, it shows how the discharge of a stream at that point is expected to change over the year. It is thus the hydrological equivalent of climate. The main factor affecting the regime is climate, along with relief, bedrock, soil and vegetation, as well as human activity. Like general trends can be grouped together into certain named groups, either by what causes them and the part of the year they happen (most classifications) or by the climate in which they most commonly appear (Beckinsale classification). There are many different classifications; however, most of them are localized to a specific area and cannot be used to classify all the rivers of the world. When interpreting such records of discharge, it is important to factor in the timescale over wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Precipitation
In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull. The main forms of precipitation include drizzle, rain, rain and snow mixed ("sleet" in Commonwealth usage), snow, ice pellets, graupel and hail. Precipitation occurs when a portion of the atmosphere becomes saturated with water vapor (reaching 100% relative humidity), so that the water condenses and "precipitates" or falls. Thus, fog and mist are not precipitation; their water vapor does not condense sufficiently to precipitate, so fog and mist do not fall. (Such a non-precipitating combination is a colloid.) Two processes, possibly acting together, can lead to air becoming saturated with water vapor: cooling the air or adding water vapor to the air. Precipitation forms as smaller droplets coalesce via collision with other rain drops or ice crystals within a cloud. Short, intense periods of rain in scattered locations are calle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Earth Rainfall Climatology
Earth rainfall climatology Is the study of rainfall, a sub-field of meteorology. Formally, a wider study includes water falling as ice crystals, i.e. hail, sleet, snow (parts of the hydrological cycle known as precipitation). The aim of rainfall climatology is to measure, understand and predict rain distribution across different regions of planet Earth, a factor of air pressure, humidity, topography, cloud type and raindrop size, via direct measurement and remote sensing data acquisition. Current technologies accurately predict rainfall 3–4 days in advance using numerical weather prediction. Geostationary orbiting satellites gather IR and visual wavelength data to measure realtime localised rainfall by estimating cloud albedo, water content, and the corresponding probability of rain. Geographic distribution of rain is largely governed by climate type, topography and habitat humidity. In mountainous areas, heavy precipitation is possible where the upslope flow is maximized wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drainage Basin
A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, the drainage divide, made up of a succession of elevated features, such as ridges and hills. A basin may consist of smaller basins that merge at river confluences, forming a hierarchical pattern. Other terms for a drainage basin are catchment area, catchment basin, drainage area, river basin, water basin, and impluvium. In North America, they are commonly called a watershed, though in other English-speaking places, " watershed" is used only in its original sense, that of the drainage divide line. A drainage basin's boundaries are determined by watershed delineation, a common task in environmental engineering and science. In a closed drainage basin, or endorheic basin, rather than flowing to the ocean, water converges toward the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wildhorn
The Wildhorn is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the border between the Swiss cantons of Canton of Bern, Bern and Valais. At above sea level, it is the highest summit of the Bernese Alps west of the Gemmi Pass. It forms a large glaciated massif, about 10 km wide, extending between the Sanetsch Pass and the Rawil Pass. Along with the Grand Muveran, Muverans, the Diablerets and the Wildstrubel, the Wildhorn is one of the four distinct mountain massifs of the Bernese Alps that lie west of the Gemmi Pass. The massif of the Wildhorn is at the centre between the valleys of the Saane, Simme (both canton of Bern) and the Rhone (Valais). It comprises several distinct summits, including (from west to east) the Arpelistock, Le Sérac, the Geltenhorn, the Sex Noir, the Sex Rouge (Wildhorn), Sex Rouge, the Schnidehorn and the Six des Eaux Froides. The main crest is between the glaciers named ''Tungelgletscher'' and ''Glacier du Wildhorn''. South of the main summit is the almost equall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arpelistock
The Arpelistock is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, located on the border between the Swiss cantons of Bern and Valais. It belongs to the massif of the Wildhorn and lies approximately halfway between the Sanetsch Pass Sanetsch Pass (French: ''Col du Sanetsch'' or ''Col de Sénin'') (el. 2242 m) is a high List of mountain passes in Switzerland, mountain pass in Switzerland across the western Bernese Alps, connecting Gsteig in the canton of Bern and Sion, Switze ... and the summit of the Wildhorn. The north side of the Arpelistock is covered by a glacier named ''Geltengletscher''. References External linksArpelistock on Hikr Mountains of the Alps Alpine three-thousanders Bernese Alps Mountains of Switzerland Mountains of the canton of Bern Mountains of Valais Bern–Valais border {{Bern-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanetsch Pass
Sanetsch Pass (French: ''Col du Sanetsch'' or ''Col de Sénin'') (el. 2242 m) is a high List of mountain passes in Switzerland, mountain pass in Switzerland across the western Bernese Alps, connecting Gsteig in the canton of Bern and Sion, Switzerland, Sion in the canton of Valais. Although a road leads to the pass from Sion and goes further to the Lac de Sanetsch, it can not be completely traversed by car. In the summer season the pass is accessible by PostBus Switzerland, PostBus and can also be traversed by cable car. The highest point of the road is at 2,252 metres. The pass itself is located in Valais 4 km south of the border with Bern. It separates the massif of the Diablerets on the west from the massif of the Wildhorn on the east. The Sanetschhorn and the Arpelistock overlook the pass on the west and east side respectively. The Col du Sanetsch is a popular destination because of the view over the Pennine Alps and the nearby Tsanfleuron Glacier. See also * List of hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sionne (river)
The Sionne is a Swiss river, and a tributary of the Rhône. Course This torrential has a nival regime and is a right-bank tributary of the Rhône. Its source is in the Chamossaire region at an altitude of 2,310 m. It crosses the Savièse and Grimisuat plateaus and, after a course of around 11 km, flows into the Rhône at 490 m, after passing through the town of Sion. Its catchment area is 27.6 km. Its main tributary is the Drahin. The Swiss Federal Institute carries out avalanche measurements on the right bank. Notable floods Following major floods, the Sionne was covered over almost 400 m across the town of Sion in several phases between 1657 and the end of 1740, leading to the creation of the Rue du Grand-Pont. The Sionne has often caused flooding, particularly in the lower reaches of the Valais capital. About twice a century, a catastrophic event is observed, accompanied by severe damage. The last two major floods occurred in November 1944 and July 1992. To pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
