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Birs

Its valley carries the historic road and rail route linking Basel to the Jura and forms Basel's green southern flank.

Total length
73 km
Source
Pierre Pertuis area, Bernese Jura
Flows into
Rhine at Basel
Discharge
15 m³/s
Canton
Bern, Jura, Solothurn, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt
Towns
Delémont, Laufen

Source: en.wikipedia.org

Photographs

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Jag9889 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Nearby

  1. Lake Geneva580 km²Lake
  2. Lake Neuchâtel215 km²Lake
  3. Lake Constance536 km²Lake
  4. Lake Lucerne113 km²Lake
  5. Lake Zurich88 km²Lake
  6. Lake Thun47 km²Lake

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