Length 19 km Country Switzerland | Source Canton of Schwyz | |
 | ||
Main source Brünnelistock and Grosser and Kleiner Mythen
1,500 m (4,900 ft) River mouth Dreiwässern, Sihl
783 m (2,569 ft) Progression Sihl - Limmat - Aare - Rhine | ||
The Alp is a river in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and a tributary of the Sihl. It has a length of 19.3 km (12.0 mi). The river rises on the northwestern flanks of the Brünnelistock and the northern flanks of the Kleiner and Grosser Mythen mountains near Brunni, and flows in generally northerly direction through the village of Alpthal, the village of Trachslau, the town of Einsiedeln and the village of Biberbrugg. At Biberbrugg, the river Biber joins the Alp. Some 2 km (1.2 mi) north of Biberbrugg, at Dreiwässern the Alp flows into the Sihl.
Map of Alp, Switzerland
The valley between Brunni and Einsiedeln is called Alptal.
References
Alp (river) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA