Graubünden

canton and historical league, Switzerland
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Also known as: Grigioni, Grishun, Grisons
(German), French:
Grisons
Italian:
Grigioni
Romansh:
Grishun

Graubünden, largest and most easterly canton of Switzerland; it has an area of 2,743 square miles (7,105 square km), of which two-thirds is classed as productive (forests covering one-fifth of the total). The entire canton is mountainous, containing peaks and glaciers of the Tödi (11,857 feet [3,614 meters]), Bernina (13,284 feet [4,049 meters]), Adula, Albula, Silvretta, and Rhätikon ranges in the Central Alps. These ranges are penetrated by a system of level valleys, of which the inner ones are the highest in central Europe. The principal valleys, running southwest to northeast, are those of the Upper Rhine. The valleys were ...(100 of 499 words)