Massa River

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The Massa River is a river in the Swiss canton of Valais that flows from the Aletsch Glacier through a deep gorge before joining the Rhône.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Massa River canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Switzerland ⓘ
crossesMunicipality Blatten bei Naters ⓘ
Naters ⓘ
drainageBasin Rhône drainage basin ⓘ
elevationAtMouth about 650 metres above sea level ⓘ
elevationAtSource about 2200 metres above sea level ⓘ
environmentalSignificance part of Jungfrau-Aletsch World Heritage core zone ⓘ
feedsInfrastructure Gebidem dam ⓘ
flowsInto Rhône River ⓘ
flowsThrough Aletsch region ⓘ
Massa Gorge ⓘ
formsValley Massa Valley ⓘ
geologicalFeature glacially carved gorge ⓘ
hasBridge Massa suspension bridge ⓘ
hasFlowRegime nival-glacial ⓘ
hasHydrologicalSourceType glacial river ⓘ
hasLanguageRegion German-speaking Valais ⓘ
hasLocalNameInGerman Massa ⓘ
hasTourismActivity canyoning ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
river trekking ⓘ
hasType alpine river ⓘ
isTributaryOf Rhône River ⓘ
knownFor deep gorge ⓘ
glacial meltwater ⓘ
steep canyon walls ⓘ
locatedIn Swiss Alps ⓘ
canton of Valais ⓘ
linked to: Canton of Valais
locatedInProtectedArea UNESCO World Heritage Site Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch ⓘ
locatedNear Aletsch Forest ⓘ
Belalp ⓘ
linked to: Fiescheralp

Riederalp ⓘ
mouth Rhône River ⓘ
nearbySettlement Blatten bei Naters ⓘ
Brig-Glis ⓘ
Naters ⓘ
originatesFrom Great Aletsch Glacier ⓘ
linked to: Aletsch Glacier
partOf Aletsch Arena region ⓘ
peakDischargeSeason summer ⓘ
riverSystem Rhône basin ⓘ
linked to: Rhône river basin
source Aletsch Glacier ⓘ
usedFor hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
waterColor turquoise ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aletsch Glacier → drainsInto → Massa River ⓘ
Aletsch Glacier → feeds → Massa River ⓘ
Oberaletsch Glacier → flowsInto → Massa River ⓘ