Category: Natural Attractions and Landmarks

The Aare Gorge (Aareschlucht) is a portion of the Aare River that carves through a limestone ridge near Meiringen, in Switzerland's Bernese Oberland region. The Aare Glacier carved out the Aare Gorge over many centuries. Water from glaciers, mills made from glacial rock, limestone cliffs: it all exists here. Learn…

The bent, almost banana-shaped Lake Zurich is surrounded by the hills of Albis and Zimmerberg on the southern side, and the hills of Pfannenstiel on the north. Lake Zürich consists of the Linth River, rising on the Glarus alpine glaciers, which was transferred to Lake Walen via the Escher canal,…