Hydrological Atlas

Water is an asset significant to Switzerland. Precipitation, snow and glaciers, discharge and evaporation, the water balance on the whole shaped and keep on shaping Swiss landscape. Water is a gift from heaven on the one hand, holds dangers on the other - heading flood discharge, for example. Humans, in their turn, have influenced the waters in different ways and to a great extent.

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