Thur

Thur is a river in north-eastern Switzerland that runs for 131 kilometers (81 miles). Its source is near the mountain Säntis in the canton of St. Gallen's south-east. The canton of St. Gallen, also known as the canton of St. Gall, is a Swiss canton. The canton is located in northeastern Switzerland and has an area of 2,026 km2 (782 sq mi) (5 percent of Switzerland) and a resident population of nearly 500,000 as of 2015. (6 percent of Switzerland). It was founded in 1803 as a merger of the city of St. Gallen, the Abbey of St. Gall, and various former subject territories of the Old Swiss Confederacy.

It runs through the Toggenburg region and the town of Wil in this canton. It flows through the canton of Thurgau and its capital Frauenfeld after Wil. Thur's final 19 kilometers (12 miles) are in the canton of Zürich. It empties into the Rhine River near the German border, south of Schaffhausen.

Length: 131 km (81 mi)