Bernese here. If I recall correctly, all of the water, that flows through Berne ends up in Aare, Rhine, Rotterdam and eventually the North Sea.

Today, I stumbled upon this visualization of the european watershed and realized that a big part od Switzerland is sandwiched between rivers that either flow to the Mediterranean (Rhone, Po) or the Black Sea (Donaube). This made me think: How far do I need to travel from the city of Berne to touch a River, that does not flow to the North Sea?

Rules:

Here are my best shots so far:

  • Veveyse: 75.5 km: This river flows into Lake Geneva (Lac LĂ©man) and the into the RhĂ´ne and the Mediterranean
  • Doubs: 79.7 km river on the border to France. The water goes to SaĂ´ne, RhĂ´ne into the Mediterranean.
  • Lonza: 87.0 km: The Lonza river also merges with the RhĂ´ne in Gampel, Valais and ends up in the Mediterranean as well.

Could there be any better spots?

https://old.reddit.com/r/Switzerland/comments/1cqwggy/geography_challenge_european_watershed/

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