The Trient (french: Le Trient) is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in western
Valais
Valais ( , , ; frp, Valês; german: Wallis ), more formally the Canton of Valais,; german: Kanton Wallis; in other official Swiss languages outside Valais: it, (Canton) Vallese ; rm, (Chantun) Vallais. is one of the cantons of Switzerland, 26 ...
. It takes its source at the
Trient Glacier
The Trient Glacier (french: Glacier du Trient) is a 4.3 km long glacier (2007) in the Mont Blanc Massif in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. In 1973 it had an area of 6.4 km².
The upper part of the glacier forms a large plateau na ...
in the
Mont Blanc Massif
The Mont Blanc massif (french: Massif du Mont-Blanc; it, Massiccio del Monte Bianco) is a mountain range in the Alps, located mostly in France and Italy, but also straddling Switzerland at its northeastern end. It contains eleven major indepen ...
and joins the
Rhone between
Vernayaz
Vernayaz is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice, in the canton of Valais, Switzerland.
History
In 1913 the municipality was created when it separated from Salvan.[Martigny
Martigny (; german: Martinach, ; la, Octodurum) is the capital city of the district of Martigny, canton of Valais, Switzerland. It lies at an elevation of , and its population is approximately 15000 inhabitants (''Martignerains'' or "Octodurie ...]
. Only two villages are located along the Trient:
Trient and Vernayaz. However, the Trient Valley includes many other settlements: notably
Finhaut
Finhaut is a municipality in the district of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
History
Finhaut is first mentioned in 1293 as ''Finyaux''.
Geography
Finhaut has an area, , of . Of this area, 3.2% is used for agricultural ...
,
Les Marécottes
Les Marécottes is a village in the Swiss Alps, located in the canton of Valais. The village is situated in the western part of the canton, in the Trient Valley, near Martigny, at a height of 1,110 metres. It belongs to the municipality of Salv ...
and
Salvan, all located on south-east facing terraces, at significant elevations above the valley floor.
The Trient is essentially a wild alpine river mostly fed by glacial runoff. High in the Alps it is fed by numerous small streams that run down the surrounding mountains. Notable streams are the Eau Noire (collecting the Barberine below the
Lac d'Emosson
Lac is the resinous secretion of a number of species of lac insects, of which the most commonly cultivated is ''Kerria lacca''.
Cultivation begins when a farmer gets a stick that contains eggs ready to hatch and ties it to the tree to be infes ...
) and the Triège. Shortly after passing the Trient Gorges, the river flows into the Rhone just south-east of the village of Vernayaz.
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Trient
Rivers of Valais
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