Switzerland Maps & Information – World Atlas

Switzerland, a small landlocked nation, covers an space of 41,285 sq. km in Europe. The nation is known the world over for its picturesque landscapes. 

As noticed on the bodily map above, it’s a extremely mountainous nation protecting practically 60% of the nation’s space. The Alpine ranges misinform the south and the Jura Mountains to the north.

Switzerland’s highest level is Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa), within the Pennine Alps, which rises to fifteen,206 ft (4,634 m). Additionally positioned throughout the Pennine Alps is the notorious Matterhorn whose summit is 4,690 ft. (4,478 m) excessive. The place of those mountains have been marked on the map above.

Between the mountains, there is a hilly, central plateau that extends on by way of the east-west axis of the nation.

Transferring north, the Rhine River makes up a lot of Switzerland’s border with Germany, in addition to a part of Lake Constance.

Switzerland’s two largest lakes are Lake Geneva (shared with France) and Lake Neuchatel – which is the biggest lake totally throughout the nation’s borders.

Cantons of Switzerland Map

Switzerland (formally, the Swiss Confederation) is split into 26 cantons. In alphabetical order, these cantons are: Aargau (AG), Appenzell Ausserrhoden (AR), Appenzell Innerrhoden (AI), Basel-Landschaft (BL), Basel-Stadt (BS), Berne/Bern (BE), Fribourg/Freiburg (FR), Geneve [Geneva](GE), Glarus (GL), Graubuenden /Grigioni/Grischun (GR), Jura (JU), Luzern (LU), Neuchatel (NE), Nidwalden (NW), Obwalden (OW), Sankt Gallen (SG), Schaffhausen (SH), Schwyz (SZ), Solothurn (SO), Thurgall (TG), Ticino (TI), Uri (UR), Valais/Wallis (VS), Vaud (VD), Zug (ZG) and Zuerich (ZH).

Switzerland is the one nation that’s with out an official capital metropolis. Positioned on the Swiss plateau, within the west-central a part of the nation, the town of Bern – is the de-facto seat of the federal government of Switzerland. With a inhabitants of over 144,000 folks, Bern is the 5^th largest metropolis and the two^nd largest canton in Switzerland.  Positioned within the northern a part of the nation, Zurich (Zuerich) is the biggest metropolis of Switzerland. It’s the nation’s predominant cultural and business middle and probably the most cosmopolitan metropolis. Zurich can also be a serious Worldwide monetary hub. Together with Geneva, it serves as a chief gateway to the Swiss nation. Switzerland is likely one of the hottest vacationer locations on the planet.

The place is Switzerland?

Switzerland is a landlocked mountainous nation in Western and Central Europe. It’s positioned each within the Northern and Jap Hemispheres of the Earth. Switzerland is bordered by 5 European Nations: by Germany within the north; Italy within the south; Austria and Liechtenstein within the east and France within the west.

Switzerland Bordering International locations:
Italy, Germany, Austria, Liechtenstein.

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