# Monthly runoff of the river Reuss: mean per decade

A map of a former edition of the Atlas of Switzerland, the national atlas published by ETH Zurich. It opens only in the desktop atlas (version 4) for Windows and macOS, not in the web atlas; see the links below.

- Map: https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/monthly-runoff-of-the-river-reuss-mean-per-decade/
- Short title: Reuss: mean runoff/month
- Map id: 296
- Categories: Nature and Environment › Water › Runoff
- Keywords: Environmental monitoring, Hydrology
- Published: 2016-07-15
- Last revised: 2023-03-31
- Content language: English
- Other languages: [Deutsch](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/de/thema/monatlicher-abfluss-an-der-reuss-mittelwerte-pro-dekade.md), [Français](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/fr/theme/ecoulement-mensuel-de-la-reuss-valeurs-moyennes-par-decennie.md), [Italiano](https://atlasderschweiz.ch/it/tema/deflusso-mensile-della-reuss-media-per-decade.md)

## Description

The Swiss Alps are one of the main sources of drinking water in Central Europe. The natural water regime of a region is characterised by the variability in precipitation, evaporation and runoff in space (i.e. in the regions) and time. The way society deals with the water flowing from the Alpine valleys has important consequences, not only for ecology (maintenance of biodiversity), but also for the economy (electricity production, industry, shipping, irrigation, drinking water supply) and politics (water treaties covering cross-frontier river systems).
Runoff is formed both at the surface and within the ground from liquid precipitation and melted snow and ice. The variability in distribution of natural runoff generation in space and time is characterised by the interaction between the climatic values (primarily precipitation, air temperature and solar irradiation) and the local features of the terrain (topography, geology, soil properties, vegetation and land use).

## Data sources

- FOEN (2015): [Messstationen Wasser-Abfluss](http://www.hydrodaten.admin.ch/de/stationen-und-daten.html)

## Data owners

- [Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)](http://www.bafu.admin.ch/)

## Authors

- [Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science (IAC)](http://www.iac.ethz.ch/the-institute.html)

## Citation

The terms of use ask to name the Atlas of Switzerland and the data owners, and to keep the source references in exports, screenshots and embeds. Cite the map as:

> Atlas of Switzerland (2023): Monthly runoff of the river Reuss: mean per decade. ETH Zürich. Map data © FOEN. https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/monthly-runoff-of-the-river-reuss-mean-per-decade/

## Links

- Map page, with the description and sources and a button that opens the map in the desktop atlas: https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/theme/monthly-runoff-of-the-river-reuss-mean-per-decade/
- Open the map in the desktop atlas (version 4), where it is installed: adsglobe://map/296
- Download of the desktop atlas (version 4) for Windows and macOS: https://atlasderschweiz.ch/en/ads4-download/

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