Saane River
The Saane/Sarine River (German: Saane, French: Sarine) It is a short river in Switzerland, an important tributary of the Aar River, itself a tributary of the Rhine that runs through the cantons of Valais, Bern, Vaud and Freiburg, which it crosses longitudinally. One of Freiburg's districts is named after him, the Sarine district.
The Saane River forms, in part, the linguistic border (Röstigraben) of the region, separating the French-speaking region to the west from German-speaking Switzerland to the east. The phrase "Allende el Sarine" indicates, in popular French-speaking slang, the designation of Alemannic Switzerland.
Geography
The Saane River has its main sources on the slopes of Arpelistock, a mountain in the Bernese Alps located in the Sanetsch Pass (or Sénin Col), a remote place in the canton of Valais very close to the border with the canton of Bern. These sources are then grouped into a small artificial reservoir, Lake Sénin, which can be considered the headwaters of the river, still in Valais. Leave the lake at the northern end and head in the same direction, entering the canton of Bern after about 500 m. The river continues its advance north until it reaches the small city and winter resort of Gstaad (6,955 inhabitants in 2010), where it receives the first of its tributaries, the small Turbachbach. After passing through the small town that gives it its name, Saanen, where it receives the small Chouflisbach, the Saane River turns westward, entering the canton of Vaud and flowing through the Pays d'Enhaut ("country on high"). It passes through Rougemont and Château-d'Oex and, after receiving the small Torneresse, it reaches a new reservoir, Lake Vernex. At Montbovon, the river turns north, and enters the canton of Fribourg, immediately arriving at the Lessoc Lake reservoir, where it receives the Hongrin River (21 km) on the left. Shortly after, it receives, on the left, the Trême river (17 km), and reaches the long tail of the artificial reservoir of Lake Gruyère, where it receives the Jogne river (or Jaunbach, 28.5 km), and in whose Along the banks are Broc, Morlon, Corbières, Rossens and the homonymous town of Gruyères. After the dam, the river enters a very boxy area of the valley, with deep carved meanders, where after receiving the Glâne river on the left (36.9 km) and the Gérine river (or Ärgera, of 24 km), reaches the small reservoir of Lake Pérolles, on the left bank of which is the city of Freiburg, the most important on the river's course.
On leaving Freiburg the river turns slightly towards the northeast, until it reaches the long tail of the last of its reservoirs, Lake Schiffenen, on whose shore is the small town of Schiffenen. It receives in the small town of Laupen, on the right, the Singine River (or Sense, 37.5 km), just before it flows into the Aar River south of the city of Bern, shortly after it crosses the reservoir. of Lake Wohlen.
Reservoirs
| Image | Name of the reservoir | Location of the dam | Altitude | Area | Volume | Length | Maximum depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Sanetsch Lake (or Senin) | (Valais) | approx. 2000 m | - km2 | - hm3 | 1,34 km | |
| Vernex Lake | Rossinière (Vaud) | 860 m | 0.32 km2 | 2.9 hm3 | 1.2 km | ||
| Lake Lessoc | Lessoc, Haut-Intyamon (Fribourg) | 774 m | 0.20 km2 | 1.5 hm3 | 2.3 km | ||
 | Lago de la Gruyère | Rossens (Fribourg) | 677 m | 9,60 km2 | 220 hm3 | 13.5 km | |
 | Lake of Pérolles | Freiburg | 554 m | 0.35 km2 | 0,034 hm3 | 2.3 km | |
 | Lake Schiffenenenen | Schiffenenen (Fribourg) | 532 m | 4.25 km2 | 65 hm3 | 12 km | 38 m |