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The Val Calanca is a valley of the
Swiss Alps, located in the
Lepontine Alps
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. The valley is drained by the ''Calancasca'', a tributary of the
Moesa
The Moesa is a river, a tributary of the Ticino, which flows through the Swiss cantons of Graubünden and Ticino.
It rises in Val Vignun near the San Bernardino Pass and descends, along with the A13 motorway, through the Val Mesolcina towar ...
(
Ticino
Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...
basin), at
Roveredo
Roveredo is a municipality in the Moesa Region in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
Geography
Roveredo has an area, , of . Of this area, 8.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 75% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 3.1% is ...
. The highest mountains surrounding the Val Calanca are the
Puntone dei Fraciòn (3,202 metres) and the
Zapporthorn (3,152 metres).
The valley belongs to the
Moesa District
Moesa District, often referred to as Moesano, is a former administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It had an area of corresponding to the Val Mesolcina, the valley of the eponymous Moesa River. It was replaced with t ...
, in the
Swiss canton of
Graubünden. The main villages are (from north to south):
Rossa,
Cauco,
Selma
Selma may refer to:
Places
*Selma, Algeria
*Selma, Nova Scotia, Canada
*Selma, Switzerland, village in the Grisons
United States:
*Selma, Alabama, city in Dallas County, best known for the Selma to Montgomery marches
*Selma, Arkansas
*Selma, Cali ...
,
Arvigo,
Buseno and
Santa Maria in Calanca
Santa Maria in Calanca is a municipality in the Moesa Region in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
History
Santa Maria in Calanca is first mentioned in 1219 as ''sancte Marie in Calanca''.
Geography
Santa Maria in Calanca has an area, , of . ...
.
References
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Swisstopo maps
External links
Val Calanca on MySwitzerland
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Valleys of the Alps
Valleys of Graubünden
Lepontine Alps