The Jona is a
river
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in the
Swiss
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* the adjectival form of Switzerland
* Swiss people
Places
* Swiss, Missouri
* Swiss, North Carolina
*Swiss, West Virginia
* Swiss, Wisconsin
Other uses
*Swiss-system tournament, in various games and sports
*Swiss Internation ...
cantons
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of
Zürich
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and
St. Gallen
, neighboring_municipalities = Eggersriet, Gaiserwald, Gossau, Herisau (AR), Mörschwil, Speicher (AR), Stein (AR), Teufen (AR), Untereggen, Wittenbach
, twintowns = Liberec (Czech Republic)
, website ...
.
Geography
![Murerplan - Oberes Zürichseegebiet IMG 2383](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Murerplan_-_Oberes_Z%C3%BCrichseegebiet_IMG_2383.JPG)
The Jona rises on the eastern slope of
Bachtel hill near
Gibswil
Fischenthal is a village and a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Besides the village of Fischenthal, it includes the villages of Gibswil and Steg, as well as nearly 100 smaller settlements.
History
...
and
Fischenthal
Fischenthal is a village and a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland. Besides the village of Fischenthal, it includes the villages of Gibswil and Steg, as well as nearly 100 smaller settlements.
History
...
in the
Zürcher Oberland
The Zürcher Oberland ("Zurich highlands") in Switzerland, is the hilly south-eastern part of the canton of Zurich, bordering on the Toggenburg, including the districts of Uster, Hinwil, Pfäffikon as well as the Töss Valley as far as the dist ...
. Passing an impressive waterfall, the river flows near the municipality of
Wald
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through a little valley eastward and changes its direction to the south by a ravine, which a viaduct of the ''
Tösstalbahn'' (
S26) is crossing. The Jona turns to the west, dividing the municipalities
Dürnten
Dürnten is a municipality in the district of Hinwil in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
History
Dürnten is first mentioned between 743 and 747 as ''Tunriude''.
Geography
Dürnten has an area of . Of this area, 60.4% is used for agricu ...
and
Rüti, passing the village of
Tann and Rüti in the so-called ''Tannertobel''. Once again, it changes its direction, flowing to the south (and slightly
meander
A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank ...
ing) through Rüti and the so-called ''Joner Wald'' (forest of
Rapperswil-Jona
Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, the municipality includes Bollingen, B ...
), followed by the S-Bahn Zürich lines
S5 and
S15. The river underneaths here ''Oberland Autobahn'' (
A53 highway), now reaching the
canton of St. Gallen
The canton of St. Gallen, also canton of St Gall (german: link=no, Kanton St. Gallen ; rm, Chantun Son Gagl; french: Canton de Saint-Gall; it, Canton San Gallo), is a canton of Switzerland. The capital is St. Gallen.
Located in northeastern ...
and
Rapperswil-Jona
Rapperswil-Jona is a municipality in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Besides Rapperswil and Jona, which were separate municipalities until 2006, the municipality includes Bollingen, B ...
, flowing nearly in straight direction through the village of
Jona (SG)
Jona is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Before the merger with Rapperswil, the former munici ...
. Finally, it forms a small
river delta
A river delta is a landform shaped like a triangle, created by deposition (geology), deposition of sediment that is carried by a river and enters slower-moving or stagnant water. This occurs where a river enters an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, res ...
near
Busskirch Busskirch is a village (''Kirchdorf'') within the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Geography
The village is located along the northern shore of the ''Obersee'' lakeshore between Jona and Bollingen. ...
and flows at ''Stampf'' lido in the
''Obersee'', the upper section of the
Zürichsee
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Lake Zurich (Swiss German/Alemannic: ''Zürisee''; German: ''Zürichsee''; rm, Lai da Turitg) is a lake in Switzerland, extending southeast of the city of Zürich. Depending on the context, Lake Zurich or ''Zürichsee'' can be used to ...
.
History and some facts
The river's name was first mentioned in 834 AD, the former municipality ''
Jona
Jona may refer to:
* Jona, Switzerland, a village of the municipality Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
* Jona (river), in the cantons of Zürich and St. Gallen in Switzerland
* Jona (album), ''Jona'' (album), an album by Jona Viray
People with the giv ...
'' was named much later. It is assumed that the name originates as either
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
*Celtic nations
Sports Fo ...
''Jauna'' (the cold one) – the Jona is still largely determined by forest area – or, as
Indo-European
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''yamam'', meaning ''
stream
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''. Latest interpretations say that the Indo-European word ''jeu'' roughly means ''to move'', followed by the
Old High German
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There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...
name ''Jouna ''.
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Its
hydropower
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was used for a larger number of medieval
watermill
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s along the small river. As a renewable source, in the 19th century, the river was important for
industrialization
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of the textile industry of the communities of Wald, Rüti, and Rapperswil-Jona.
The Jona measures in all, rising at (m.ü.M, i.e. above sea level) and flowing in ''Obersee'' at asl. The river belongs to the
Limmat
The Limmat is a river in Switzerland. The river commences at the outfall of Lake Zurich, in the southern part of the city of Zurich. From Zurich it flows in a northwesterly direction, after 35 km reaching the river Aare. The confluenc ...
→
Aar→
Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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, source1_elevation =
, source2 = Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein
, source2_location = Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Switzerland
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system. Its
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where 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, t ...
measures
Gallery
Jona - Tannertobel IMG 2016.JPG, ''Tannertobel'' between Tann and Rüti
Tann - Rüti Joweid IMG 2032 ShiftN.jpg, ''Joweid'' (= Jona river meadow) in Rüti (ZH), Bachtel
Bachtel is a mountain of the Zurich Oberland, located between Hinwil and Wald in the canton of Zurich. It lies approximately halfway between the Schnebelhorn (the highest point of the canton) and Lake Zurich.
On the summit is the Bachtel Tower, ...
mountain in the background
Jona - Holzwies IMG 2396.JPG, The Jona at ''Holzwies'' in Jona (SG)
Jona is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the ''Wahlkreis'' (constituency) of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. Before the merger with Rapperswil, the former munici ...
Jona (SG) - Jona IMG 1803.JPG, The river within the village of Jona
Jona - Jona (SG) Stampf IMG 1886.JPG, River delta
A river delta is a landform shaped like a triangle, created by deposition (geology), deposition of sediment that is carried by a river and enters slower-moving or stagnant water. This occurs where a river enters an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, res ...
called ''Stampf'', ''Obersee'' in the background
References
External links
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Rivers of the canton of St. Gallen
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