Val Poschiavo is a valley

Valley

In geology, a valley or dale is a depression with predominant extent in one direction. A very deep river valley may be called a canyon or gorge.The terms U-shaped and V-shaped are descriptive terms of geography to characterize the form of valleys...

 in the Italian-speaking part of the Swiss

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

 canton

Cantons of Switzerland

The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...

 of Graubünden

Graubünden

Graubünden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. The canton shares borders with the cantons of Ticino, Uri, Glarus and St. Gallen and international borders with Italy, Austria and Liechtenstein...

 or Grisons. The main town is Poschiavo

Poschiavo

Poschiavo is a municipality in the district of Bernina in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-History:Poschiavo is first mentioned in 824 as in Postclave though this comes from a later copy of the original document.. In 1140 it was mentioned as de Pusclauio. It was formerly known by the...

. It is bordered on the north by the Bernina Pass

Bernina Pass

The Bernina Pass is a high mountain pass in the Bernina Range of the Alps, in the canton of Graubünden in eastern Switzerland. It connects the famous resort town of St. Moritz in the Engadin valley with the Italian-speaking Val Poschiavo, which ends in the Italian town of Tirano in Valtellina....

 (Passo del Bernina) and on the south by the Italian border, with the Italian town of Tirano

Tirano

Tirano is a town in Valtellina, located in the province of Sondrio, Northern Italy. It has about 9,044 inhabitants and is adjacent to the Switzerland-Italy boundary. The river Adda flows through the town....

 lying just across the border at the end of the valley. A branch of the narrow-gauge Rhaetian Railways from Tirano over the Bernina Pass into the St. Moritz region is the only rail link between Italy and eastern Switzerland - and is the highest-elevation rail route in Europe.

The two municipalities of Val Poschiavo, Poschiavo

Poschiavo

Poschiavo is a municipality in the district of Bernina in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-History:Poschiavo is first mentioned in 824 as in Postclave though this comes from a later copy of the original document.. In 1140 it was mentioned as de Pusclauio. It was formerly known by the...

 and Brusio

Brusio

Brusio is a municipality in the district of Bernina in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-History:Brusio is first mentioned in 1106 as Bruse. It was first mentioned as Brusio in 1212. Previously it was known as Romansh: Brüsch and ....

, form the Bernina district

Bernina (district)

Bernina District is an administrative district in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has an area of 237.2 km² and has a population of ....

 of the canton. Towns, villages and hamlets in the valley, some bearing names in the local Romansch language, include: Miralago

Miralago

Miralago is a small village in the Poschiavo valley, at the southern end of the Lago di Poschiavo. It lies on the Bernina Express line....

, Brusio

Brusio

Brusio is a municipality in the district of Bernina in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.-History:Brusio is first mentioned in 1106 as Bruse. It was first mentioned as Brusio in 1212. Previously it was known as Romansh: Brüsch and ....

, La Rasiga, Campascio

Campascio

Campascio is a small town in Val Poschiavo, Grisons, Switzerland. It is located in the south of the valley....

, Zalende, Viano

Viano

Viano is a town and comune in the province of Reggio Emilia, in the Emilia-Romagna region of central Italy....

, Cavaione, Campocologno

Campocologno

Campocologno is a small town in Val Poschiavo, Grisons, Switzerland. Campocologno is located in the south of the Poschiavo valley....

, Prada, San Carlo, Privilasco

Privilasco

Privilasco is a small town in Val Poschiavo, Grisons, Switzerland. It is located in the north of Val Poschiavo near San Carlo, Poschiavo. It is also a station on the Bernina Railway....

, Sant'Antonio

Sant'Antonio (Poschiavo)

Sant'Antonio is a town in Val Poschiavo, Grisons, Switzerland. It belongs to the municipality of Poschiavo....

, Annunziata, Pagnoncini

Pagnoncini

Pagnoncini is a small town in Val Poschiavo, Grisons, Switzerland. Its located in the south of Val Poschiavo....

, Cantone

Cantone

Cantone is a small town in Val Poschiavo, Grisons, Switzerland. Its located in the south of Val Poschiavo near Lago di Poschiavo and Le Prese....

, Li Curt

Li Curt

Li Curt is a part of the town in Poschiavo, Grisons, Switzerland. It is located in the centre of Val Poschiavo. Li Curt has a station along the Berninabahn....

, Sfazù, Müreda, Motta

Motta

Motta is a small town in Val Poschiavo, Grisons, Switzerland. It is located on the south side of Lago di Poschiavo....

, Cologna

Cologna

Cologna is a small town in Val Poschiavo, Grisons, Switzerland. It is located southeast of Poschiavo....

, Cavaglia

Cavaglia

Cavaglia is a small village in Val Poschiavo, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It lies on the side of a mountain northwest of the town of Poschiavo and, at an altitude of , is the highest village in Val Poschiavo...

, Pedecosta

Pedecosta

Pedecosta is a small town in the north of Val Poschiavo, Grisons, Switzerland....

 and Angeli Custodi

Angeli Custodi

Angeli Custodi is a small town in the north of Val Poschiavo, Grisons, Switzerland....

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Side valleys include: Val di Campo

Val di Campo

Val di Campo is a small valley to the east of Val Poschiavo, Switzerland. The valley has two real towns, Sfazu and Rifugio Saoseo....

, Val dal Teo, Val Varuna, Val Saento. The valley is drained by Poschiavino

Poschiavino

Poschiavino is an long river in Switzerland and Italy. The majority of the river is in Switzerland and just of it is in Italy. It passes Poschiavo, Campocologno, Le Prese....

 river. Besides Lago di Poschiavo

Lago di Poschiavo

Lago di Poschiavo is a natural lake in the Poschiavo valley in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland. The lake with a volume of 120 mio m³ is used as a reservoir....

, the lakes in its basin are: Lago Bianco

Lago Bianco

Lago Bianco is a lake at the Bernina pass in the Grisons, Switzerland. Its surface area is 1.50 km². The current reservoir was formed by the two dams Scala and Arlas on the site of two natural lakes ....

, Lago Braita, Lago Campascio, Lago Crocetta, Lago Dügural, Lago Matt, Lago Ombra, Lago Roan, Lago di Saoseo

Lago di Saoseo

Lago di Saoseo is a lake in the Val di Campo, a valley in the Poschiavo region of the Grisons, Switzerland....

, Lago Teo, and Lago di Val Viola

Lago di Val Viola

Lago di Val Viola is a lake in the Grisons, Switzerland. The lake is locate near Lago di Saoseo, in the Poschiavo region....

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