High Rhine

High Rhine (Hochrhein)
Upper part of the High Rhine near Dörflingen
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°39.4923′N 8°51.5358′E / 47.6582050°N 8.8589300°E / 47.6582050; 8.8589300
• elevation	395 m
Mouth
• location	Basel, continues as the Upper Rhine (Oberrhein)
• coordinates	47°33.60888′N 8°35.38356′E / 47.56014800°N 8.58972600°E / 47.56014800; 8.58972600
• elevation	252 m
Length	165 km (103 mi)
Basin size	24900 km2
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Aare, Birs, Ergolz, Glatt, Sissle, Thur, Töss
• right	Alb, Biber, Durach, Murg, Wehra, Wutach

High Rhine (German: Hochrhein, pronounced [ˈhoːxˌʁaɪn] ^ⓘ) is the name of the part of the River 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.^[1]