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Prättigau

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Also known as Праттигау, Долина Пряттигау

The Prättigau is a geographical region in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. It consists of the main valley of the river Landquart and the valleys of its side-rivers and creeks. Landquart River, which drains into the Alpine Rhine in the town of the same name, is on its upper end home to the ski resorts of Klosters.

Key facts

Valley.watercourses
Landquart, Schranggabach, Schmittnerbach, Pendlatobel, Tersierbach, Schraubach, Furner Bach, Arieschbach, Schanielabach, Schwarzbach, Sagabach, Casolf, Parzelvabach, Gross Alpbach, Schlappinbach, Stützbach, Verstanclabach, Vereinabach
Valley.direction
NW
Valley.name
Prättigau
Valley.photo
Prättigau S.jpg
Valley.photo_caption
View to the south
Valley.map
Switzerland
Valley.location
Switzerland
Valley.elevation_m
1400-600
Valley.type
glacial
Valley.topo
swisstopo

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
valley
Body of water
Landquart
Image
Prättigau S.jpg
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Commons category
Prättigau
mountain range
Silvretta Alps
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The Prättigau is a geographical region in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. It consists of the main valley of the river Landquart and the valleys of its side-rivers and creeks. Landquart River, which drains into the Alpine Rhine in the town of the same name, is on its upper end home to the ski resorts of Klosters.

Landquart is a village with a railway junction on the flat floor valley of the Alpine Rhine just north of Chur, the capital of the Grisons.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prättigau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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