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:
- Find the shortest route
- Starting point: Cartographic reference point of Switzerland according to CH1903 in Berne: https://maps.app.goo.gl/qS59Lp1519YAaqf98
- Goal: River that does not end up in the North Sea
- The exact place needs to be accessible by car, bike or foot. But not a hour long alpine trek.
- Post a route and a short explanation.
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/
Posted by uzapy