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  Wikipedia: Rhine
Together with the Danube it formed most of the northern frontier of the Roman Empire and has since those days been a vital navigable waterway, carrying trade and goods deep inland.
The Rhine's origins are in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden, where its two main initial tributaries are called Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein.
The Vorderrhein (anterior Rhine) springs from Lake Tuma near the Oberalp pass and passes the impressive Ruinaulta (the Swiss Grand Canyon).
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 Read about Rhine at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Rhine and learn about Rhine here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Danube it formed most of the northern frontier of the Roman Empire and since those days has been a vital navigable waterway, carrying trade and goods deep inland.
Graubünden, where its two main initial tributaries are called Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein.
The Vorderrhein (anterior Rhine) springs from Lake Tuma near the
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 Lepontine Alps --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Italian Alpi Lepontine, French Alpes Lépontiennes, German Lepont(in)ische Alpen segment of the Central Alps along the Italian–Swiss border, bounded by the Simplon Pass and Pennine Alps (q.v.
; west-southwest), the Upper Rhône and Vorderrhein river valleys (north), Splügen Pass (Italian Passo dello Spluga) and the Rhaetian Alps (east-northeast), and the Italian lake district (south).
segment of the Central Alps along the Italian–Swiss border, bounded by the Simplon Pass and Pennine Alps (q.v.; west-southwest), the Upper Rhône and Vorderrhein river valleys (north), Splügen Pass (Italian Passo dello Spluga) and the Rhaetian Alps (east-northeast), and the Italian lake district (south).
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 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Rhine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
A castle identifies a location where traffic was stopped, usually for the purpose of collecting tolls, by the state controlling that portion of the river.
By the early Pleistocene period, the Rhine had captured most of its current Alpine watershed from the Rhône, including the Aare.
Since that time, the Rhine has added the watershed above Lake Constance (Vorderrhein, Hinterrhein, Alpenrhein; captured from the Rhône), the upper reaches of the Main (beyond Schweinfurt), and the Vosges mountains (captured from the Meuse) to its watershed.
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 Kayak & Canoe News, Spots, Switzerland, Graubuenden, River Vorderrhein, Surf City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Kayak and Canoe News, Spots, Switzerland, Graubuenden, River Vorderrhein, Surf City
In Reichenau, cross the Vorderrhein and turn right after a small tunnel, following the directions to Bonaduz.
No part of Kayak & Canoe News may be duplicated in any way without explicit permission from the editors.
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 Lepontine Alps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Furka Pass, St Gotthard Pass and the upper Rhône valley separate them from the Bernese Alps; the Simplon Pass separates them from the Pennine Alps; the Vorderrhein valley and the Oberalp Pass separate them from the Glarus Alps; the Splügen Pass separates them from the Central Eastern Alps (Albula Range).
The Lepontine Alps are drained by the rivers Rhône in the west, Reuss in the north, Rhine (Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein) in the east and Ticino and Toce in the south.
The Simplon rail tunnel, which leads from Brig to Domodossola, the St Gotthard rail and highway tunnels (from Andermatt to Airolo) and the San Bernardino Tunnel are important transport arteries.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/Lepontine-Alps.htm   (254 words)

  
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Together with the Danube it formed most of the northern frontier of the Roman Empire and since those days has been a vital navigable waterway, carrying trade and goods deepinland.
The Rhine's origins are in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Graubünden, where its two main initial tributaries arecalled Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein.
The Vorderrhein (anterior Rhine) springs from Lake Tuma near the Oberalp pass and passes the impressiveRuinaulta (the Swiss Grand Canyon).
immune-system-help.com /germany/main/rhine.html   (738 words)

  
 _ west Disentis Mustér muster Switzerland guide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
These days it’s a lively commercial and cultural centre for the Surselva region, but in times gone by this was one of the most important towns in the whole of Graubünden.
From Ilanz, a couple of minor roads penetrate two beautiful side valleys famed for their broad meadows and cherry trees: the Valser valley (named for its thirteenth-century Walser colonizers, and still German speaking today), which ends at the village of Vals; and, to its west, the lush, Romansh-speaking Val Lumnezia rising to tiny Vrin.
There’s little to stop for further west up the valley of the Vorderrhein until, after 28km, the huge white abbey of DISENTIS (also known by its Romansh name of MUSTÉR) hoves into view.
www.switzeland.isyours.com /e/guide/graubunden/disentis.html   (482 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Rhine
Rising in eastern Switzerland, the Rhine flows 1,320 km (820 mi) in a generally northwestern direction through or adjoining Austria, Liechtenstein, France, Germany, and the Netherlands, to its mouth on the North Sea.
It is formed high in the Swiss Alps by the Vorderrhein and the Hinterrhein, which join near the town of Chur.
The Rhine drains an area of 220,000 sq km (85,000 sq mi), larger than North Carolina and South Carolina combined.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761578232/Rhine.html   (1013 words)

  
 Vorderrhein geocache white water wildwasser kayak Swiss Schweiz
Vorderrhein geocache white water wildwasser kayak Swiss Schweiz
Once you see this spot then you're close.
If you’re really adventurous you could try to get there climbing or perhaps using a mountain bike and then swimming across ;-))
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