The Avers Rhine is a tributary of the Hinterrhein

Hinterrhein

Hinterrhein can refer to:* Hinterrhein , a tributary of the Rhine* Hinterrhein, Switzerland, a municipality* Hinterrhein , the district including that Swiss municipality...

 in the Swiss

Switzerland

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 Canton of Graubünden

Graubünden

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Course

It rises in Avers at the confluence of the Bergalgabach with the slightly smaller Jufer Rhine. The Jufer Rhine rises in, and is named after, Juf

Juf

Juf is a village in the municipality of Avers in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. At above sea level, it is the highest village with permanent residents in Switzerland and in Europe. Juf has a population of about 24 inhabitants divided over 6 families in a concentrated settlement. They were...

, the highest permanent settlement in Europe, near the border with Albula

Albula (district)

Albula District is one of the eleven administrative districts in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. It has an area of 723.13 km² and has a population of ....

 district. From this confluence, the Avers Rhine descends through a deep gorge, spanned by the 80 m high Lezi Bridge. When it reaches the valley floor, it meets the slightly smaller Madrish Rhine.

After a few kilometers, it is joined from the left by the Reno di Lei, which flows almost entirely on Italian

Italy

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 soil. The Lago di Lei reservoir is also on Italian soil, except for the dam which creates it, which was erected on Swiss territory.

The Avers Rhine continues its way through the Val Ferrera

Val Ferrera

The Ferrera Valley is a valley is the Swiss canton of Graubünden between Shams and Avers. It is 10 km long and is drained by the Avers Rhine. The only villages in the valley are Innerferrera and Ausserferrera. Administratively, the municipality of Ferrera coincides with the valley.In the Early...

 valley, which contains two populated places. The upper village is Innerferrera

Innerferrera

Innerferrera is a village in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. An independent municipality before, it merged on January 1, 2008 with neighboring Ausserferrera to form the municipality of Ferrera.-Geography:...

 , where the river is dammed, forming the Innerferrera reservoir since 1961. Below Ausserferrera

Ausserferrera

Ausserferrera is a village in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. An independent municipality before, it merged on January 1, 2008 with neighboring Innerferrera to form the municipality of Ferrera.-History:...

 , the glacial valley is flanked by steep rocky slopes. The Avers Rhine then flows into the Hinterrhein in the Rofla Gorge

Rofla Gorge

The Rofla Gorge is an ancient and narrow section of the Hinterrhein river between Sufers and Andeer in the Canton of Graubünden. This narrow gorge was another obstacle on the approach to the two mountain passes Splügen Pass und San Bernardino Pass in addition to the Viamala gorge.- Modern era...

 above Andeer

Andeer

Andeer is a municipality in the district of Hinterrhein in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. In 2009 Clugin and Pignia merged into Andeer.-History:...

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The road in the Ferrara valley is a cul de sac.

Left tributaries

• Bergalgabach (largest headwater of the Avers Rhine)
• Madrish Rhine
• Reno di Lei
• Ual da Niemet