Limmat

General data

Water type: River
Progression: 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 Limmat is a river in Switzerland. The river commences at the outfall of Lake Zurich, in the southern part of the city of Zurich. From Zurich it flows in a northwesterly direction, after 35 km reaching the river Aare. The confluence is located north of the small town of Brugg and shortly after the mouth of the Reuss. The main towns along the Limmat Valley downstream of Zurich are Dietikon, Wettingen, and Baden. Its main tributaries are the Linth, via Lake Zurich, the Sihl, in Zurich, and the Reppisch, in Dietikon. All of the existing fish species (at least 22 species) in the Limmat River are facing potential mortality during the downstream migration. Some of the most important species are: Eel (Anguilla anguilla), Brown trout, Common barbel (Barbus barbus), Grayling, Spirlin, Nase, Chub, Bleak.

Natural lakes

Lake Zurich

Rivers

Sihl

Reppisch

Cypriniformes - Carps

Common barbel (Barbus barbus)

Chub (Squalius cephalus)

Common nase (Chondrostoma nasus)

Schneider (Alburnoides bipunctatus)

Esociformes - Pikes

Northern pike (Esox lucius)

Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts

Brown trout (Salmo trutta)

Grayling (Thymallus thymallus)

Anguilliformes - Eels and morays

European eel (Anguilla anguilla)

Catches