Vorderrhein
The Vorderrhein, or Anterior Rhine, is the left of the two initial tributaries of the Rhine. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Switzerland
- Also known as: “Rein Anteriur”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Schloss Reichenau GR and Reichenau-Tamins railway station.
Reichenau-Tamins railway station
Railway station
Reichenau-Tamins railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Domat/Ems serving the communities of Reichenau and Tamins in Switzerland. It is an important station for connections between the Landquart–Thusis and the Reichenau-Tamins–Disentis/Mustér lines as it is where the two lines diverge.
Reformierte Kirche Tamins
Church
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reformierte Kirche Tamins is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Reichenau and Tamins.
Reichenau
Hamlet
Photo: Bernina, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Reichenau is a village in the municipality of Tamins in the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland, where the two Rhine tributaries Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein meet, forming the Alpine Rhine.
Tamins
Village
Photo: Paebi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tamins is a village and a municipality in the Imboden Region in the Swiss canton of Grisons.
Vorderrhein
- Categories: river, watercourse, and body of water
- Location: Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Vorderrhein” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Vorderrhein”
- Bulgarian: “Вордерхеин”
- Catalan: “Rin anterior”
- Cebuano: “Vorderrhein”
- Chinese: “前萊茵河”
- Czech: “Přední Rýn”
- Danish: “Vorderrhein”
- Dutch: “Voor-Rijn”
- Dutch: “Vorderrhein”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ڤورديرين”
- Finnish: “Vorderrhein”
- French: “Rhin anterieur”
- French: “Rhin antérieur”
- French: “Vorderrhein”
- German: “Rain anteriur”
- German: “Vorderrhein”
- Irish: “Vorderrhein”
- Italian: “Reno Anteriore”
- Italian: “Vorderrhein”
- Japanese: “フォーダーライン川”
- Korean: “포더라인강”
- Lombard: “Reno Anteriur”
- Macedonian: “Предна Рајна”
- Macedonian: “Фордеррајн”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vorderrhein”
- Norwegian: “Vorderrhein”
- Romanian: “Rinul Anterior”
- Romanian: “Vorderrhein”
- Romansh: “Rein Alteriur”
- Russian: “Передний Рейн”
- Saterfriesisch: “Faander-Rhien”
- Slovenian: “Prednji Ren”
- Slovenian: “Vorderrhein”
- Spanish: “Rin anterior”
- Swedish: “Vorderrhein”
- Swiss German: “Vorderrhii”
- Tosk Albanian: “Vorderrhein”
- Ukrainian: “Передній Рейн”
- Venetian: “Fiume Reno Anteriore”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hinterrhein Bridge and Hinterrhein.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vorderrhein”. Photo: Domob, CC BY-SA 3.0.