The Aare () or Aar () is a
tributary
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of the
High Rhine
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and the longest
river
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that both rises and ends entirely within
Switzerland
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Its total length from its source to its junction with the ]Rhine
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comprises about , during which distance it descends , draining an area of , almost entirely within Switzerland, and accounting for close to half the area of the country, including all of Central Switzerland
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.
There are more than 40 hydroelectric plant
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s along the course of the Aare.[
The river's name dates to at least the ]La Tène period
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, and it is attested as ''Nantaror'' "Aare valley" in the Berne zinc tablet
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.
The name was Latinized as ''Arula''/''Arola''/''Araris''.
Course
The Aare rises in the great Aargletschers (Aare Glaciers) of the Bernese Alps
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, in the canton of Bern
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and west of the Grimsel Pass
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. The Finsteraargletscher and Lauteraargletscher come together to form the Unteraargletscher (Lower Aar Glacier), which is the main source of water for the Grimselsee
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(Lake of Grimsel). The Oberaargletscher
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(Upper Aar Glacier) feeds the Oberaarsee
Oberaarsee is a hydroelectric reservoir in the Grimsel area, part of the municipality of Guttannen, Switzerland. Its surface area is . The Oberaar dam was completed in 1953, and is operated by Kraftwerke Oberhasli. It is drained by the Oberaarbach ...
, which also flows into the Grimselsee.[ The Aare leaves the Grimselsee just to the east to the Grimsel Hospiz, below the ]Grimsel Pass
The Grimsel Pass (german: Grimselpass; french: Col du Grimsel; it, Passo del Grimsel) is a mountain pass in Switzerland, crossing the Bernese Alps at an elevation of . The pass connects the Haslital, the upper valley of the river Aare, with the ...
, and then flows northwest through the Haslital
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From 1833 to 2009, Oberhasli was incorporated as the ...
, forming on the way the magnificent Handegg Waterfall, , past Guttannen
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Origin of the name
Guttannen is the name of a meadow, which became the name of the municipality. It comes from the phrase ''ze ...
.
Right after Innertkirchen
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ridge in the Aare Gorge (german: Aareschlucht). It is here that the Aare proves itself to be more than just a river, as it attracts thousands of tourists annually to the causeways through the gorge.[ A little past ]Meiringen
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, near Brienz
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, the river expands into Lake Brienz
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. Near the west end of the lake it indirectly receives its first important tributary
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, the Lütschine
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, by the Lake of Brienz. It then runs across the swampy plain of the Bödeli (Swiss German diminutive for ground) between Interlaken
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and Unterseen
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before flowing into Lake Thun
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.
Near the west end of Lake Thun, the river indirectly receives the waters of the Kander, which has just been joined by the Simme
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, by the Lake of Thun. Lake Thun marks the head of navigation.[ On flowing out of the lake it passes through ]Thun
, neighboring_municipalities= Amsoldingen, Heiligenschwendi, Heimberg, Hilterfingen, Homberg, Schwendibach, Spiez, Steffisburg, Thierachern, Uetendorf, Zwieselberg
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Thun (french: Thoune) ...
, and then flows through the city of Bern
german: Berner(in)french: Bernois(e) it, bernese
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, passing beneath eighteen bridges
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and around the steeply-flanked peninsula on which the Old City is located. To the south of the Old City peninsula is the , a weir
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which provides water for the small Matte hydroelectric power plant
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. River swimming in the Aare is popular in Bern, and the river is sometimes full of bathers on summer days. The river soon changes its northwesterly flow for a due westerly direction, but after receiving the Saane or La Sarine it turns north until it nears Aarberg
Aarberg is a historic town and a municipality in the Seeland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Aarberg lies 20 kilometers from Bern above the river Aare. With an area of , Aarberg borders Bargen, Kappelen, Lyss, Rade ...
. There, in one of the major Swiss engineering feats of the 19th century, the Jura water correction, the river, which had previously rendered the countryside north of Bern a swampland
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through frequent flooding, was diverted by the Aare-Hagneck Canal into the Lac de Bienne. From the upper end of the lake, at Nidau
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History
Nidau is first mentioned in 1196 as ''Nidowe''. In 1352, it was recorded in Latin as ''Nydow''.
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, the river issues through the Nidau-Büren Canal
The Nidau-Büren Canal (german: Nidau-Büren-Kanal, french: Canal de Nidau-Büren) is a -long canal that drains the waters of the river Aare out of the Lake of Biel/Bienne toward Solothurn. It was dug as an important part of the first Jura water ...
, also called the Aare Canal,[ and then runs east to Büren. The lake absorbs huge amounts of eroded gravel and snowmelt that the river brings from the Alps, and the former swamps have become fruitful plains: they are known as the "vegetable garden of Switzerland".
From here the Aare flows northeast for a long distance, past the ambassador town ]Solothurn
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flows in on the right), Aarburg (where it is joined by the Wigger
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), Olten
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, Aarau
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, near which is the junction with the Suhre
The river Suhre is a 34 kilometer long tributary of the river Aare in the Swiss cantons of Lucerne and Aargau. The river rises in Sempachersee (or Lake Sempach) at an elevation of 504 meters above sea level, and joins the Aare east of the town Aar ...
, and Wildegg, where the Seetal Aabach falls in on the right. A short distance further, below Brugg
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it receives first the Reuss Reuss may refer to:
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, its major tributary, and shortly afterwards the Limmat, its second strongest tributary. It now turns to north, and soon becomes itself a tributary of the Rhine
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, which it even surpasses in volume when the two rivers unite downstream from Koblenz (Switzerland)
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Middle Ages
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, opposite Waldshut in Germany. The Rhine, in turn, empties into the North Sea
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after crossing into the Netherlands
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Tributaries
* Limmat (after and northeast of Brugg
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, and northwest of Baden
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**Reppisch
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**Sihl
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*** Alp
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**Lake Zurich
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***Linthkanal
****Lake Walen
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*****Linth
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******Löntsch
******Sernf
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******Flätschbach
***** Seez
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(after and northeast of Brugg
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, and northwest of Baden)
**Lorze
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**Kleine Emme
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**Lake Lucerne
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***Sarner Aa
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***Engelberger Aa
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***Muota
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** Schächen
**Chärstelenbach
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**Göschener Reuss
* Aabach (coming from Seetal, in Wildegg)
**Bünz
*Suhre
The river Suhre is a 34 kilometer long tributary of the river Aare in the Swiss cantons of Lucerne and Aargau. The river rises in Sempachersee (or Lake Sempach) at an elevation of 504 meters above sea level, and joins the Aare east of the town Aar ...
(after and north of Aarau
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**Wyna
*Aabach (from the left in Aarau)
*Stegbach
*Dünnern (in Olten
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*Wigger
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(right before Aarburg)
* Murg (before, west of Murgenthal
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**Rot ( Roggwil)
**Langete (Langenthal
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***Ursenbach (Kleindietwil)
***Rotbach (Huttwil
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Early history
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The Huttwil area was probably first settled in the 7th or ...
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* (Grosse) Emme (after, east of Solothurn
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*Lake of Bienne
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**La Suze
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(in Biel/Bienne
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, right next to the outflow)
**Zihlkanal
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*** Lake of Neuchatel
**** La Broye (flows through Lake Morat
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**** Zihl/La Thielle
***** L'Orbe
*****Le Talent
* Saane/La Sarine (after, west of Wohlensee)
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* Gürbe (in Muri bei Bern
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*Zulg (west of Steffisburg)
*Lake Thun
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The lake was created af ...
** Kander (west of Spiez
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***Simme
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The river Simme begins at the Alpine lake of ''Flueseeli'' (lit.: "Little L ...
***Entschlige
*Lake Brienz
Lake Brienz (german: Brienzersee) is a lake just north of the Alps, in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It has a length of about , a width of and a maximum depth of . Its area is ; the surface is above the sea-level. It is fed, among others, by ...
**Lütschine
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(at the end of Lake Brienz, right next to the outflow)
*Gadmerwasser
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From 1833 to 2009, Oberhasli was incorporated as the O ...
(right after, northwest of Innertkirchen
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* Lake Grimsel
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,
* Lake Brienz
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* Lake Thun
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Lake Wohlen (German: ''Wohlensee'') is a reservoir in the Canton of Berne, Switzerland. Its surface is approximately 3.65 km² and its maximum depth is 20 m. It lies between the towns of Bremgarten bei Bern and Mühleberg. Lake Wohlen was com ...
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* ]Lake Biel
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Lake Bienne or Lake Biel (french: Lac de Bienne ; german: Bielersee) is a lake in western Switzerland. Together with Lake Morat and Lake Neuchâtel, it is one of the three large lakes in the Jura region of Switzerland. It lies approxim ...
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The Aare Gorge (Aareschlucht)
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Rivers of Switzerland
Rivers of the canton of Bern
Rivers of Aargau
Water transport in Switzerland
Rivers of the Alps