Vorderrhein
Key facts
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- Anterior Rhine
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- Il Spir panorama 20210614.jpg
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- The Vorderrhein in the Ruinaulta gorge
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- Karte Alpenrhein.png
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- Area of the Alpine Rhine with its headwaters
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- Country
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- Switzerland
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- Canton
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- Grisons
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- Lai Urlaun
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- Reichenau
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- Aua da Russein, Flem, Schmuèr, Ual da Mulin
Article
8 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Course
- Headwaters
- Tourism
- Gallery
- See also
- Footnotes
- External links
The Vorderrhein (; ; ; ; ), or Anterior Rhine, is the left of the two initial tributaries of the Rhine (the other being the Hinterrhein). It is longer than the Hinterrhein, but has a lower discharge than the latter at their confluence, which marks the beginning of the Alpine Rhine section.
The Vorderrhein and nearly all of its tributaries are located in the Swiss canton of Grisons (), with the largest communities along the river being Disentis and Ilanz. One of its upper tributaries, the Rein da Medel, rises in the canton of Ticino.