Simme River

The Simme River is a short river in Switzerland, 55.4 km long, which flows through the Bernese Oberland region, in the canton of Bern. It is the main tributary of the Kander River, part of the Rhine basin, and drains a basin of 594 km². The name of the River Simme probably refers to the way in which it was said "water" in ancient Indo-European languages.

The Simme is born in a place called Les 7 fontaines de la Simme, receiving water from seven streams, the first in the Rezlialp, where it receives about two sources of wild water from the Alps.

Still in this area, the Simme receives the Trüebbach, which flows from one of the glaciers of the "Plaine Morte". Below Rezlialp, the river has a drop of 200 m. Already on the Swiss plateau, the river heads northeast in the Obersimmental district. After which it passes through the commune of Sankt Stephan to enter the Zweisimmen valley. It then heads towards the valley of the Niedersimmental district to reach the south of Boltigen. Here, the Simme heads northwards until it meets Wimmis, where it empties into the Kander, which in turn empties a few kilometers later into Lake Thun near Spiez.