The Landquart is a
river of Switzerland
The following is a list of rivers in Switzerland:
Rivers by length
(> 100 km, only the length in Switzerland)
#Rhine - 375 km - 36,494 km2
#Aare (or Aar) - 295 km - 17,779 km2
#Rhône - 264 km - 10,403 km2
# Re ...
in the canton of
Grisons
The Grisons () or Graubünden,Names include:
*german: (Kanton) Graubünden ;
* Romansh:
** rm, label= Sursilvan, (Cantun) Grischun
** rm, label=Vallader, (Chantun) Grischun
** rm, label= Puter, (Chantun) Grischun
** rm, label=Surmiran, (Cant ...
and a right
tributary
A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...
of the
Alpine Rhine
The Alpine Rhine Valley (german: Alpenrheintal) is a glacial alpine valley, formed by the part of the Alpine Rhine (german: Alpenrhein ) between the confluence of the Anterior Rhine and Posterior Rhine at Reichenau and the Alpine Rhine's mouth at ...
. It is formed by the confluence of the two mountain streams, ''Vereinabach'' and ''
Verstanclabach'', both originating from glaciers in the
Silvretta Alps
The Silvretta Alps are a mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps shared by Tirol, Vorarlberg (both in Austria) and Graubünden (Switzerland). The Austrian states of Tirol and Vorarlberg are connected by a pass road (Silvretta Hochalpenstra ...
. It flows northwesterly through the village of
Klosters
Klosters is a Switzerland, Swiss village in the Prättigau, politically part of the Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality of Klosters-Serneus, which belongs to the political district Prättigau/Davos Region, Prättigau/Davos in the Cantons o ...
, the largest and uppermost village in the
Prättigau
The Prättigau, in the canton of Graubünden (Grisons), Switzerland, is the geographical region consisting of the main valley of the river Landquart (river), Landquart and the valleys of its side-rivers and creeks. Landquart River, which drains in ...
valley. It empties into the Alpine Rhine in the town of
Landquart. Length: , drainage basin: .
See also
*
Landquart-Davos Platz railway
*
Sunniberg Bridge
The Sunniberg Bridge is a curved multi-span extradosed road bridge with low outward-flaring pylons above the roadway edges, designed by the renowned Swiss engineer Christian Menn and completed 1998. It carries the Klosters bypass road 28 across ...
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Rivers of Switzerland
Rivers of Graubünden
Klosters-Serneus
Luzein
Fideris
Jenaz
Schiers
Grüsch
Malans, Switzerland
Landquart, Switzerland
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