Alp

General data

Water type: River
Progression: Sihl -> Limmat -> Aare -> Rhine -> Waal -> Upper Merwede (Boven Merwede) -> Lower Merwede (Beneden Merwede) -> Old Meuse (Oude Maas) -> Het Scheur -> Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway) -> North Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Continental
Continents: Europe
Countries: Switzerland

Description

The Alp is a river in the Swiss canton of Schwyz and a tributary of the Sihl. It has a length of 19.3 km. The river rises on the northwestern flanks of the Brünnelistock and the northern flanks of the Kleiner and Grosser Mythen mountains near Brunni, and flows in generally northerly direction through the village of Alpthal, the village of Trachslau, the town of Einsiedeln and the village of Biberbrugg. At Biberbrugg, the river Biber joins the Alp. Some 2 km north of Biberbrugg, at Dreiwässern the Alp flows into the Sihl.

Alp

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