Ruinaulta

{{Short description|Canyon in Switzerland}}

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Ruinaulta is a canyon created by the Anterior Rhine by Ilanz/Glion and Reichenau in the debris of the Flims Rockslide just upstream of its confluence with the Posterior Rhine at Reichenau in the Grisons, eastern Switzerland. It is sometimes known as the Rhine Gorge, or sometimes rather ironically called the Swiss Grand Canyon. Protected by cliffs several hundred metres high, the area is forested and a haven for wildlife. It is a popular location for rafting.{{cite web |url=http://www.myswitzerland.com/en-gb/ruinaulta-switzerland-d-s-grand-canyon.html |title=Ruinaulta |publisher=Switzerland Tourism |accessdate=2017-06-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605145349/http://www.myswitzerland.com/en-gb/ruinaulta-switzerland-d-s-grand-canyon.html |archivedate=2017-06-05 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.wanderungen.ch/en/tours/hiking/graubuenden/Ilanz-Valendas-Versam%20Trin-Reichnau%20Tamins.html?tour=1381 |title=Hike along the Ruinaulta |publisher=wanderungen.ch |accessdate=2017-06-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605144104/http://www.wanderungen.ch/en/tours/hiking/graubuenden/Ilanz-Valendas-Versam%20Trin-Reichnau%20Tamins.html?tour=1381 |archivedate=2017-06-05 |url-status=live}}

The gorge is largely inaccessible by road, but is traversed by the Disentis to Chur line of the Rhaetian Railway. It is accessible from the Valendas-Sagogn, Versam-Safien and Trin stations that lie within the gorge.{{cite map |url=https://s.geo.admin.ch/73a5550907 |title=Ruinaulta |publisher=Federal Office of Topography - swisstopo |map=Map sheet 4 SE |map-url=https://shop.swisstopo.admin.ch/en/products/maps/national/lk200?layer=ch.swisstopo.landeskarte200_papier.metadata&product=4&productIdentifier=4#product-4 |via=map.geo.admin.ch |scale=1:200 000 |series=National Map 1:200'0000 |edition=2016 |date= |isbn=978-3-302-00004-6 |accessdate=2017-06-05}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rhb.ch/Details-of-the-network.345.0.html?&L=4 |title=Rail network |publisher=Rhaetian Railway |accessdate=2017-06-05 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170605112849/https://www.rhb.ch/en/service-souvenirs/rail-network |archivedate=2017-06-05 |url-status=live}}

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