High Rhine
| High Rhine (Hochrhein) | |
|---|---|
Upper part of the High Rhine near Dörflingen | |
Sections of the Rhine: High Rhine | |
| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Districts | Konstanz, Lörrach, Waldshut |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Cantons | Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Schaffhausen, Thurgau, Zürich |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lower Lake Constance (Untersee) in Stein am Rhein |
| • coordinates | 47°39′53″N 8°51′31″E / 47.664762°N 8.858715°E |
| • elevation | 395 m |
| Mouth | |
• location | Basel, continues as the Upper Rhine (Oberrhein) |
• coordinates | 47°33′37″N 7°35′23″E / 47.560148°N 7.589726°E |
• elevation | 252 m |
| Length | 165 km (103 mi) |
| Basin size | 24900 km2 |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Aare, Birs, Ergolz, Glatt, Möhlinbach, Sissle, Thur, Töss |
| • right | Alb, Biber, Durach, Murg, Wehra, Wutach |
High Rhine (German: Hochrhein, pronounced [ˈhoːxˌʁaɪn] ⓘ; kilometres 0 to 167 of the Rhine) is the section of the Rhine between Lake Constance (Bodensee) and the city of Basel, flowing in a general east-to-west direction and forming mostly the Germany–Switzerland border. It is the first of four named sections of the Rhine (High Rhine, Upper Rhine, Middle Rhine, Lower Rhine) between Lake Constance and the river delta at the North Sea.