Aare River in Bern Switzerland

The Aare or Aar is the main tributary of the High Rhine and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland. Its total length from its source to its junction with the Rhine comprises about 295 kilometres, during which distance it descends 1,565 m, draining an area of 17,779 km², almost entirely within Switzerland, and accounting for clo…
The Aare or Aar is the main tributary of the High Rhine and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland. Its total length from its source to its junction with the Rhine comprises about 295 kilometres, during which distance it descends 1,565 m, draining an area of 17,779 km², almost entirely within Switzerland, and accounting for close to half the area of the country, including all of Central Switzerland.
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Cantons: Bern, Solothurn, Aargau
  • Settlements: Meiringen (BE), Interlaken (BE), Thun (BE), Münsingen, Muri bei Bern, Bern, Bremgarten bei Bern, Aarberg (BE), Büren a.A. (BE), Solothurn (SO), Aarwangen (BE), Aarburg (BE), Olten (SO), Niedergösgen (SO), Schönenwerd (SO), Aarau (AG), Wildegg (AG), Brugg (AG), Windisch (AG), Döttingen (AG), Klingnau (AG)
  • Length: 291.5 kilometres (181.1 mi)
  • Basin size: 17,779 km² (6,865 sq mi)
  • Progression: Rhine→ North Sea
  • Waterbodies: Oberaarsee, Grimselsee, Räterichsbodensee, Lake Brienz, Lake Thun, Wohlensee, Lake Biel, Stausee Niederried, Klingnauer Stausee

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