Aare

Also known as Aar

The Aare () or Aar () is the main tributary of the High Rhine (its discharge even exceeds that of the latter at their confluence) and the longest river that both rises and ends entirely within Switzerland.

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The Aare is Switzerland's longest river that starts and finishes entirely within the country, and it's the main tributary flowing into the High Rhine—so much so that it actually carries more water than the Rhine itself at the point where they meet. Because of its size and position within Switzerland's river system, the Aare is one of the country's most important waterways.

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Key facts

River.name: Aare
River.other_name: Aar
River.image: Bern Untertorbrücke 05.jpg
River.image_caption: The Aare at Bern
River.pushpin_map: Switzerland
River.pushpin_map_caption: Mouth
River.mapframe: yes
River.mapframe zoom: 7
River.subdivision_type1: Country
River.subdivision_name1: Switzerland
River.subdivision_type2: Cantons
River.subdivision_name2: Bern, Solothurn, Aargau
River.subdivision_type3: Settlements
River.subdivision_name3: Meiringen (BE), Interlaken (BE), Thun (BE), Münsingen, Muri bei Bern, Bern, Bremgarten bei Bern, Aarberg (BE), Büren a.A. (BE), Solothurn (SO), Aarwangen (BE), Aarburg (BE), Olten (SO), Niedergösgen (SO), Schönenwerd (SO), Aarau (AG), Wildegg (AG), Brugg (AG), Windisch (AG), Döttingen (AG), Klingnau (AG)
River.source1_location: Unteraar Glacier, Bernese Oberland
River.mouth_location: Rhine below Koblenz, Switzerland
River.map: Aare basin simple.png
River.map_caption: Drainage basin of the Aare

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Wikidata facts

Elevation: 2310
Image: Berner Muenster mit Plattform und Aare.jpg
Length: 295

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Commons category: Aare
watershed area: 17800
discharge: 560
native label: Aare
maximum Strahler number: 9

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Course
Tributaries
Reservoirs
Incidents
See also
Notes
Footnotes
References
External links

Its total length from its source to its junction with the Rhine comprises about , during which distance it descends , draining an area of , almost entirely within Switzerland, and accounting for close to half the area of the country, including all of Central Switzerland.