Verzasca
The Verzasca is a 30-kilometre long Swiss Alpine river originating at Pizzo Barone and flowing into Lake Maggiore. It is known for its clear turquoise water and vibrant colored rocks, as well as its treacherous currents.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: mountain river in Valle Verzasca, Ticino, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Verzasca River” and “Verzaska”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tenero railway station and Locarno Airport.
Tenero railway station
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tenero railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Tenero-Contra, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Giubiasco–Locarno line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Locarno Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Carsten Steger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
International Locarno Airport, mil ICAO code LSMO, also known as Locarno-Magadino Airport, is an airport located near the city of Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland.
Gordola railway station
Railway station
Photo: NAC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gordola railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Gordola, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Giubiasco–Locarno line of Swiss Federal Railways.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tenero and Gordola.
Tenero
Photo: Parpan05, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tenero is a small town located on the northern shore Lake Maggiore in Ticino, the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland. It is about 4 km from Locarno.
Gordola
Village
Gordola is a municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Magadino
Village
Photo: Louis Bafrance, CC BY 3.0.
Magadino is a former municipality in the district of Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 April 2010, the former municipalities of Caviano, Contone, Gerra Gambarogno, Indemini, Magadino, Piazzogna, San Nazzaro, Sant'Abbondio and Vira Gambarogno merged in the new municipality of Gambarogno.
Verzasca
- Categories: river, watercourse, and body of water
- Location: Ticino, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Verzasca” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر فيرزاسكا”
- Armenian: “Վերզասկա”
- Asturian: “Ríu Verzasca”
- Cebuano: “Verzasca”
- Chinese: “韋爾扎斯卡河”
- Chinese: “韦尔扎斯卡河”
- Chinese: “韦扎斯卡河”
- Dutch: “Verzasca”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر فيرزاسكا”
- Finnish: “Verzasca”
- French: “Verzasca”
- German: “Verzasca”
- Hungarian: “Verzasca”
- Irish: “Abhainn Verzasca”
- Italian: “Verzasca”
- Macedonian: “Верзаска”
- Macedonian: “Верѕаска”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Verzasca”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Verzasca-elva”
- Norwegian: “Verzasca”
- Persian: “رودخانه فرتساسکا”
- Polish: “Verzasca (rzeka)”
- Polish: “Verzasca”
- Russian: “Вердзаска”
- Spanish: “Rio Verzasca”
- Spanish: “Río Verzasca”
- Swedish: “Verzasca”
- Swiss German: “Verzasca”
- Venetian: “Fiume Verzasca”
- Welsh: “Afon Verzasca”
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