Plessur (river)

River in Switzerland

46°44′45.4″N 9°37′10″E / 46.745944°N 9.61944°E / 46.745944; 9.61944 (Plessur source) • elevation2,400 m (7,900 ft) Mouth

• coordinates

46°51′46″N 9°30′26″E / 46.86278°N 9.50722°E / 46.86278; 9.50722 (Plessur mouth)

• elevation

560 m (1,840 ft)Length33.1 km (20.6 mi)Basin featuresProgressionRhine→ North Sea

The Plessur is a river, 33 km (21 mi) long, and a right tributary of the Rhine running through the Swiss canton of Graubünden. Its head is near Arosa in the Plessur Range. It then flows through the Schanfigg valley before emptying into the Rhine at Chur.

The Langwieser Viaduct, an early reinforced concrete railway bridge constructed in 1914, spans the Plessur near Langwies.

Its main tributaries include the Rabiosa, the Welschtobelbach, Sapünerbach and Fondeierbach.

References

External links

Plessur at Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz

Tributaries of the Rhine

Left

Vorderrhein: Aua da Russein; Schmuèr
Alpine Rhine: Vorderrhein; Tamina; Saar
Alter Rhein: Rheintaler Binnenkanal
Upper Lake Constance: Goldach; Aach (Arbon); Aach (Romanshorn)
Lake Rhine: Grenzbach; Dorfbach
Lower Lake Constance: Anderbach
High Rhine: Thur; Töss; Glatt; Aare; Sissle; Möhlinbach; Ergolz; Birs
Upper Rhine: Birsig; Ill; Moder; Sauer; Lauter; Spiegelbach; Queich; Speyerbach; Rehbach; Isenach; Eckbach; Eisbach; Pfrimm; Selz
Middle Rhine: Welzbach; Nahe; Moselle; Nette; Brohlbach; Ahr
Lower Rhine: Erft