List of rivers of Switzerland

Map of lakes and rivers of Switzerland

The following is a list of rivers in Switzerland.

The longest Swiss rivers

(> 100 km, only the length in Switzerland):

1. Rhine - 375 km - 36'494 km²
2. Aar - 295 km - 17'779 km²
3. Rhône - 264 km - 10'403 km²
4. Reuss - 158 km - 3'425 km²
5. Linth / Limmat - 140 km - 2'416 km²
6. Saane/Sarine - 128 km - 1'892 km²
7. Thur 125 km - 1'724 km²
8. Inn - 104 km - 2'150 km²

Rivers and their tributaries

Aar at Bern

Switzerland is drained into four directions:

• North Sea, by the Rhine.
• Mediterranean Sea, by the Rhône River.
• Adriatic Sea, by the Po River and the Adige.
• Black Sea, by the Danube.

Some rivers (like the Danube) do not flow through Switzerland themselves. They are list for having Swiss tributaries. They are given in italics.

Rhine - 375 km - 36,494 km² (main branch in Hoek van Holland, Netherlands)

Wiese - km - km² (in Basel)

Birsig 21 km - 82 km² (in Basel)

Birs - 73 km - 924 km² (in Basel)

Birs at Laufen

Aar - 295 km - 17'779 km² (in Koblenz)

Linth / Limmat - 140 km - 2'416 km² (in Brugg)

Sihl - 73 km - 341 km² (in Zürich)

Reuss - 158 km - 3,425 km² (in Brugg)

Kleine Emme - 58 km - 477 km² (near Luzern)

Emme - 80 km - 983 km² (in Solothurn)

Orbe / Thielle - 57 km - 488 km² (into Lake Biel in La Neuveville)

Broye - 86 km - 850 km² (into Lake Neuchâtel in La Sauge)

Saane/Sarine - 128 km - 1'892 km² (near Bern)

Kander - 44 km - 1'126 km² (into Lake Thun near Thun)

Simme - 53 km - 594 km² (in Wimmis)

Lütschine - km - (into Lake Brienz near Interlaken)

Töss - 58 km - 442 km² (in Teufen)

Thur - 125 km - 1724 km² (near Flaach)

Landquart - 43 km - 618 km² (in Landquart)

Vorderrhein - 67,5 km - 1'514 km² (at Reichenau, near Chur)

Hinterrhein - 57,3 km - 1'693 km² (at Reichenau)

Albula - 36 km - 950 km² (near Thusis)

Julia - km - km² (in Tiefencastel)

Landwasser 30.5 km

Rhône - 264 km - 10'403 km² (in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France)

Saône - km - km² (in Lyon, France)

Doubs - 74 km - 1'310 km² (in Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, France)

Allaine - 28 km - 197 km² (near Montbéliard, France)

Arve - km - km² (in Geneva)

Drance - 43 km - 678 km² (in Martigny)

Lonza - km - km² (in Gampel)

Vispa - 40 km - 787 km² (in Visp)

Po (near Venice, Italy)

Adda - km - km² (in Cremona, Italy)

Breggia - km - km² (into Lake Como, between Cernobbio and Como, Italy)

Mera - km - km² (into Lake Como in Sorico, Italy)

Poschiavino - km - km² (in Tirano, Italy)

Ticino - 91 km - 1'616 km² (in Pavia, Italy)

Toce - km - km² (into Lake Maggiore in Verbania, Italy)

Diveria - km - km² (near Domodossola, Italy)

Tresa - 13 km - 754 km² (into Lake Maggiore in Luino, Italy)

Maggia - 55 km - 926 km² (into Lake Maggiore in Locarno)

Adige (near Venice, Italy)

Rom - km - km² (in Glurns, Italy)

Danube (in Sulina, Romania)

Inn - 104 km - 2'150 km² (in Passau, Germany)

List by letter

Aar, Albula, Allaine, Arve, Birs, Birsig, Breggia, Broye, Diveria, Doubs, Drance, Emme, Hinterrhein, Inn, Julia, Kander, Kleine Emme, Landquart, Limmat, Linth, Lonza, Lütschine, Maggia, Mera, Orbe, Poschiavino, Reuss, Rhine, Rhône, Rom, Saane/Sarine, Sihl, Simme, Thielle, Thur, Ticino, Töss, Tresa, Venoge, Vispa, Vorderrhein, Wiese.

Other websites

• Hydrological data of some Swiss rivers
• Daily forecast of Swiss rivers