Töss (river)

The Töss is a river of the canton of Zürich. It starts with the confluence of the Vordertöss and the Hindertöss in the Zürcher Oberland, at ''Tössscheidi'' on on the border between the municipalities of Wald west of the Dägelschberg (), east of the Hüttchopf (), and north of the Tössstock ()).

The Vordertöss (lit.: 'Front Töss') rises on the south side of the Tössstock on the north faces of the Schwarzeberg () and Höchhand () before it circumvent the Tössstock on its western flank.

The larger tributary, the Hindertöss (lit.: 'Back Töss') collects the waters, either, by its tributary, the ''Chreuelbach'', below the Höchhand, the western faces of the Habrütispitz () and Rossegg (), or, from its own sources below Schindelegg (), and the south faces of Schindelberghöchi () and the Dägelschberg, and passes the Tössstock on its northern hillside.

The Töss flows to the north before it meets the main valley of its own name, Töss Valley (''Tösstal'') just before Steg im Tösstal. Here, the river and its valley turns to the west in order to flow through Bauma then turns to the north again. West of the village Turbenthal it turns west again, and the valley gets even more ragged than before.

It traverses Winterthur on its most western part of the city, just northeast of the ''Töss'', a city mountain. After joining the Eulach on the western exit of the city, the river Töss then continues more or less westnorthwestern and joins the Rhine after about on Rhine's large southern bend called ''Tössegg'' west of Teufen and just before Eglisau.

References

Rivers of Switzerland
Rivers of the canton of Zürich

{{Switzerland-river-stub