Gornera River

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The Gornera River is a glacial river in the Swiss Alps, known for carrying meltwater from the Gorner Glacier and other nearby ice masses down toward the town of Zermatt.

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Gornera River canonical 1

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Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf glacial river
river
country Switzerland
drainageType alpine glacial drainage
flowsThrough Zermatt
hasCharacteristic fed primarily in summer by glacier melt
high sediment load
strong seasonal discharge variation
turbid water
hasNameInLanguage de:Gornera
influencedBy climate change
glacier retreat
locatedIn Swiss Alps
canton of Valais NERFINISHED
mouthLocatedIn Zermatt
surface form: Zermatt area
near Gorner Glacier
Klein Matterhorn area
surface form: Matterhorn region

Zermatt
surface form: Zermatt village
partOf Rhône river basin
surface form: Rhône basin
region Pennine Alps
risk flooding in Zermatt area
glacial outburst flood potential
sourceRegion Gorner Glacier
Monte Rosa
surface form: Monte Rosa massif

glacial area near Gornergrat
usedFor landscape scenery
tourism attraction
waterSource Gorner Glacier meltwater
nearby glaciers meltwater
snowmelt
waterType meltwater

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Gorner Glacier flowsInto Gornera River