Rhine Valley

Sections of the Rhine
Sections of the Rhine

Rhine Valley (German: Rheintal [ˈʁaɪ̯nˌtaːl] ) is the valley, or any section of it, of the river Rhine in Europe.

Particular valleys of the Rhine or any of its sections:

  • Alpine Rhine Valley
    • Chur Rhine Valley (or Grisonian Rhine Valley; German: Churer Rheintal, or sometimes Bündner Rheintal) between Reichenau and Sargans, East Switzerland
    • St. Gallen Rhine Valley (also: St. Gall Rhine Valley; German: St. Galler Rheintal, however commonly known as Rheintal) between Sargans and Lake Constance, East Switzerland
  • High Rhine Valley
  • Upper Rhine Valley (or Upper Rhine Plain, also known as Rhine Rift Valley; German: Oberrheintal), a rift valley between Basel and Bingen am Rhein, Germany
  • Middle Rhine Valley (German: Mittelrheintal)
  • Lower Rhine Valley

See also

  • Oberrheintal (translation: "Upper Rhine Valley", but not to be confused with the Upper Rhine Valley), a former district in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, part of the St. Gallen Rhine Valley
  • Unterrheintal (translation: "Lower Rhine Valley"), a former district in the Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland, part of the St. Gallen Rhine Valley
  • Rhineland – Historic region of Germany

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