Monte Forcola (2,906 m) is a peak in
Graubünden,
Switzerland
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, close to the
Italian
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border. Approximately 200 metres south of the summit (at the Italian border) is located the
triple watershed
A triple divide or triple watershed is a point on the Earth's surface where three drainage basins meet. A triple divide results from the intersection of two drainage divides. Triple divides range from topographic prominence, prominent mountain ...
of the
Adige
The Adige (; german: Etsch ; vec, Àdexe ; rm, Adisch ; lld, Adesc; la, Athesis; grc, Ἄθεσις, Áthesis, or , ''Átagis'') is the second-longest river in Italy, after the Po. It rises near the Reschen Pass in the Vinschgau in the prov ...
,
Po and
Danube
The Danube ( ; ) is a river that was once a long-standing frontier of the Roman Empire and today connects 10 European countries, running through their territories or being a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , pa ...
basins (2,896 m).
References
External links
Monte Forcola on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Graubünden
Ortler Alps
Mountains partially in Italy
Mountains of Switzerland
Two-thousanders of Switzerland
Val Müstair
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