Lej da Segl and Lej da Silvaplauna, Upper Engadin

Piz Roseg and Vadret da Roseg as seen from Fuorcla Surlej

The Engadine (German: Engadin, Romansch: Engiadina) is a long mountain valley located in the canton of Graubünden in southeast of Switzerland. It follows the route of the Inn River from its headwaters at Maloja Pass until the Inn flows into Austria one hundred kilometers downstream. The Engadine is protected by high mountains on all sides and is famous for its sunny climate, beautiful landscapes and outdoor activities. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 698 KB) Photograph taken by my mother Tinelot Wittermans and released under GFDL File links The following pages link to this file: Engadin Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 698 KB) Photograph taken by my mother Tinelot Wittermans and released under GFDL File links The following pages link to this file: Engadin Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 674 KB) Photograph taken by my mother [tinelot@pobox. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 674 KB) Photograph taken by my mother [tinelot@pobox. ... Graubünden or Grisons (German: Graubünden; Italian: Grigioni; Romansh: Grischun, French: Grisons) is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. ... The Inn is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. ... Maloja Pass road The Maloja Pass (Italian: Passo del Maloja, German: Malojapass) is a pass (1815 m) in the Grisons, Switzerland, linking the Engadine with the Val Bregaglia and Chiavenna in Italy, at 46°24. ... The Inn is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. ...

In Romansch, which is the indigenous language of the region, the "Engadine" literally translates as the valley of the Inn River (Romansch: En River). However, historically, politically and geographically, the Engadine refers to the entire region, including the Inn River Valley, it tributaries and the surrounding mountains. The word indigenous is an adjective derived from the Latin word indigena, meaning native, belonging to, aboriginal; and has several applications: Indigenous peoples, communities and cultures native or indigenous to a territory; Indigenous (band), a Native American blues-rock band; In biology, indigenous means native to a place or biota...

In the southwest, the Engadine begins at Maloja Pass, which on the farside goes down to Chiavenna and Como in Italy. In the mountains behind Maloja is the European triple divide from where the Inn flows via Danube to the Black See, the Maira via Po to the Mediterranean Sea, and the Julia (river) via Rhine to the North Sea. Maloja Pass road The Maloja Pass (Italian: Passo del Maloja, German: Malojapass) is a pass (1815 m) in the Grisons, Switzerland, linking the Engadine with the Val Bregaglia and Chiavenna in Italy, at 46°24. ... Chiavenna can refer to: Places Chiavenna (Sondrio), a commune of the Province of Sondrio, at one end of the Splügen Pass. ... Como is a city in Lombardy, Italy, 45 km north of Milan; the capital of the province of Como, it borders Lake Como. ... Maloja Pass road The Maloja Pass (Italian: Passo del Maloja, German: Malojapass) is a pass (1815 m) in the Grisons, Switzerland, linking the Engadine with the Val Bregaglia and Chiavenna in Italy, at 46°24. ... A divide is a ridge of land between two regions drained by different rivers or the higher ground which seperates two areas of drainage. ... The Inn is a river in Switzerland, Austria and Germany. ... PO or po may stand for: the Po River in Italy Pô, the town in Burkina Faso Pô (département), part of the Napoleonic Empire Po, one of the Teletubbies. ... Satellite image The Mediterranean Sea is a part of the Atlantic Ocean almost completely enclosed by land, on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia. ... At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein, Italian: Reno) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ...

Northeast of the Maloja pass, there is the chain of Engadin lakes, Lej da Segl (Lake Sils), famous for windsurfing, Lej da Silvaplauna (Lake Silvaplana), and Lej da San Murezzan (Lake St. Moritz). To the north, the Julier Pass connects the Engadine with the rest of Graubünden. A mountain pass in Switzerland, in the Alps. ... Graubünden or Grisons (German: Graubünden; Italian: Grigioni; Romansh: Grischun, French: Grisons) is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. ...

The world-famous and very expensive resort St. Moritz (1800 m) sits on Lej da San Murezzan. It was the host city for the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics. St. ... The II Olympic Winter Games were held in 1928 in Sankt-Moritz, Switzerland. ... The V Olympic Winter Games were held in St. ...

East of St. Moritz, the valley opens into the Upper Engadin, a wide plain framed with mountains. To the south, there is a valley leading to the Bernina Pass (2323 m). The highest mountain in the Engadine, and in the Eastern Alps, is Piz Bernina which is 4052 m and is located nearby. The Bernina Pass is a mountain pass in the Bernina Range of the Alps, in Graubünden, Switzerland. ... Eastern Alps is the name given to the eastern half of the Alps, usually defined as the area east of the Splügen Pass in eastern Switzerland. ... Piz Bernina is the highest mountain of the eastern Alps with an elevation of 4049 metres. ...

From Samedan, the capital of the Upper Engadin, the train connects via Albula tunnel with the rest of Switzerland. In the summer, Albula Pass is also open for car travel. The chief peaks of the Albula Range of the Alps, from the Splugen Pass to the Fluela Pass, north and west of the Val Bregaglia and of the Engadine, are: List of passes The chief passes of the Albula Range, from the Splugen Pass to the Fluela Pass, north and... Albula pass road The Albula Pass (Romansh: Pass dAlvra, German: Albulapass) is a Swiss mountain pass in the canton of Grisons, 2312 m (7595 ft) high. ...

After Zuoz (1700 m), a beautiful village of typical Engadine houses with thick walls, funnel-shaped windows and wall paintings called graffiti, the landscape changes suddenly to the Lower Engadin: the Inn, now rather wild, flows through a deep gorge with steep walls and the meadows change to larch woods. The villages are no more in the valley but higher up on sunny terraces formed in the glacial period.

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In Zernez (1470 m) the Fuorn Pass goes south, passing through the Swiss National Park. Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... Zernez is a Swiss municipality in the upper areas of the lower Engadin valley (Romansh: Engiadina Bassa) in the canton of Graubünden (Grischun) and includes the villages Zernez and Brail. ... The Fuorn Pass or Ofen Pass (Romansh: Pass dal Fuorn, German: Ofenpass) is a pass (2149 m) in the Grisons, Switzerland. ... The Swiss National Park (German: Schweizerischer Nationalpark, French: Parc National Suisse, Italian: Parco Nazionale Swizzero, Romansh: Parc Naziunal Svizzer) is located in the east of Switzerland between Zernez, S-Chanf, Scuol and the Fuorn pass in the Engadin valley. ...

To the north, another train route connects the Lower Engadin with Klosters via the recently built Vereina tunnel. Klosters is located in eastern Switzerland, in the canton of Grisons. ...

The capital of the Lower Engadin is the ski resort and spa Scuol (1200 m).

The local language is Romansh, but people also speak German as a second language. Most place signs show both languages, e.g. St. Moritz - San Murezzan, Sils - Segl, Samedan - Samaden. Romansh (also spelled Rumantsch, Romansch or Romanche) is any of the various Rhaetian languages spoken in Switzerland. ...

Graubünden or Grisons (German: Graubünden; Italian: Grigioni; Romansh: Grischun, French: Grisons) is the largest and easternmost canton of Switzerland. ...

External links

• the Engadin on Google Maps
• Photos of Engadin