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The Aare (Swiss Standard German: ⓘ) or Aar (Swiss Standard German: ⓘ) is the main tributary of the High Rhine (its discharge even exceeds that of the latter at their confluence) [2] and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland.
With the historical city core situated on a steeply-flanked peninsula formed by the river, the Aare is a defining part of Bern's cityscape and features prominently in the city's 800-year history. Given its topography, the city's development in modern times was dependent on the construction of long high level bridges.
The Aare Gorge (German: Aareschlucht) is a section of the river Aare that carves through a limestone ridge near the town of Meiringen, in the Bernese Oberland region of Switzerland. [1] The gorge is an indirect product of glaciation ; 10,000 years ago, just as the Ice Age was coming to an end, torrential runoff water from melting glaciers ...
The Aarewaage (in local Swiss German dialect: Woog) is a whirlpool phenomenon in the Swiss river Aare at Aarburg, canton of Aargau. In 1996, it was added to the Federal Inventory of Landscapes and Natural Monuments. [1]
High Rhine and Rhine Falls near Schaffhausen The Aare at Bern The Birs at Laufen The Reuss in Bremgarten Saane in Fribourg Confluence of the Urnäsch and Sitter Tamina Gorge near Bad Ragaz Landwasser with Landwasser Viaduct Le Doubs in Saint-Ursanne Confluence of the Rhône and Arve in Geneva Verzasca river and valley Rom near Lü Inn in Engadin
The Auguetbrücke is a bridge over the Aare between the municipalities of Muri bei Bern and Belp in the Canton of Bern in Switzerland. [1] During the 18th and at the beginning of the 19th century, four ferries crossed the Aare river between Bern and Thun. Increasing freight traffic from local farms at the beginning of the 19th century ...
The Aargletschers, literally "Aare-Glaciers", are a system of glaciers located at the sources of the Aare river in the Bernese Alps, Switzerland.In the original German the name is "Aargletscher" both in singular and plural, as in German the plural of "gletscher" is only marked by a change of the article: der Gletscher (one glacier), die Gletscher (many glaciers).
The municipality is the capital of the Lebern District. It is the second largest city in the Canton of Solothurn. The municipality stretches from the hamlet of Staad along the Aare river at an elevation of 430 m (1,410 ft) to the first mountain range of the Jura Mountains, the Oberer Grenchenberg at 1,348 m (4,423 ft).