List of rivers of Switzerland

Rivers by length

(> 100 km, only the length in Switzerland:)

1. Rhine - 375 km - 36,494 km²
2. Aare (or Aar) - 295 km - 17,779 km²
3. Rhône - 264 km - 10,403 km²
4. Reuss - 158 km - 3,425 km²
5. Linth and Limmat together - 140 km - 2,416 km²
6. Saane/La Sarine - 128 km - 1,892 km²
7. Thur 125 km - 1,724 km²
8. Inn - 104 km - 2,150 km²

Rivers by drainage area

(> 1000 km², only the area in Switzerland)

1. Rhine - 375 km - 36,494 km²
2. Aare - 295 km - 17,779 km²
3. Rhône - 264 km - 10,403 km²
4. Reuss - 158 km - 3,425 km²
5. Linth / Limmat - 140 km - 2,416 km²
6. Inn - 104 km - 2,150 km²
7. Saane/La Sarine - 128 km - 1,892 km²
8. Thur - 125 km - 1,724 km²
9. Ticino - 91 km - 1,616 km²
10. Hinterrhein - 57.3 km - 1,693 km²
11. Vorderrhein - 67.5 km - 1,514 km²
12. Doubs - 74 km - 1,310 km²
13. Kander - 44 km - 1,126 km²

Rivers by orography

Switzerland is drained into four directions:

North Sea, via the Rhine.

Mediterranean Sea, via the Rhône.

Adriatic Sea, via the Po and the Adige.

Black Sea, via the Danube.

Rivers that flow into other rivers are sorted by the proximity of their points of confluence to the sea (the lower in the list, the more upstream). Some rivers (e.g. Danube) do not flow through Switzerland themselves, but they are mentioned for having Swiss tributaries. They are given in italics.

Rhine (main branch in Hoek van Holland, Netherlands) High Rhine - 375 km - 36,494 km²Wiese - km - km² (in Basel) Birsig 21 km - 82 km² (in Basel) Birs - 73 km - 924 km² (in Basel) Aare - 295 km - 17,779 km² (in Koblenz) Linth / Limmat - 140 km - 2,416 km² (in Brugg) Sihl - 73 km - 341 km² (in Zürich) Reuss - 158 km - 3,425 km² (in Brugg) Kleine Emme - 58 km - 477 km² (near Luzern) Emme - 80 km - 983 km² (in Solothurn) Orbe / Thielle - 57 km - 488 km² (into Lake Biel in La Neuveville) Broye - 86 km - 850 km² (into Lake Neuchâtel in La Sauge) Saane/La Sarine - 128 km - 1,892 km² (near Bern) Kander - 44 km - 1,126 km² (into Lake Thun near Thun) Simme - 53 km - 594 km² (in Wimmis) Lütschine - km - (into Lake Brienz near Interlaken) Glatt - 67 km - 416 km² Töss - 58 km - 442 km² (in Teufen) Thur - 125 km - 1724 km² (near Flaach) Lake Constance; Alpine Rhine - 170 km Rhône - 264 km - 10,403 km² (in Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France) Saône - km - km² (in Lyon, France) Doubs - 74 km - 1,310 km² (in Verdun-sur-le-Doubs, France) Allaine - 28 km - 197 km² (near Montbéliard, France) Arve - km - km² (in Geneva) Drance - 43 km - 678 km² (in Martigny) Lonza - km - km² (in Gampel) Vispa - 40 km - 787 km² (in Visp) Po (near Venice, Italy) Adda - km - km² (in Cremona, Italy) Breggia - km - km² (into Lake Como, between Cernobbio and Como, Italy) Mera - km - km² (into Lake Como in Sorico, Italy) Poschiavino - km - km² (in Tirano, Italy) Ticino - 91 km - 1,616 km² (in Pavia, Italy) Toce - km - km² (into Lake Maggiore in Verbania, Italy) Diveria - km - km² (near Domodossola, Italy) Tresa - 13 km - 754 km² (into Lake Maggiore in Luino, Italy) Maggia - 55 km - 926 km² (into Lake Maggiore in Locarno) Adige (near Venice, Italy) Rom - km - km² (in Glurns, Italy) Danube (in Sulina, Romania) Inn - 104 km - 2,150 km² (in Passau, Germany)