Streams
Park geography
Structured map data, elevation extremes, and mountain terrain characteristics
Comprehensive Geographic Profile and Mapped Boundaries of Naturpark Beverin, Switzerland
Examine the detailed physical landscape of Naturpark Beverin located within the Graubünden region of Switzerland. This structured geographic profile maps the park across 515 square kilometers, tracing its diverse alpine terrain from 600 meters to 3200 meters in elevation while detailing key streams, peaks, and mountain saddles.
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Alpine regional park centered on Piz Beverin, where Romanesque villages and Walser hamlets meet deep river gorges.
Naturpark Beverin
Naturpark Beverin is a regional nature park of national importance in the Swiss canton of Graubünden, organized around the prominent 2998 m peak of Piz Beverin. Designated under Swiss federal guidelines in 2013, the park covers about 515 square kilometers across nine alpine municipalities of the eastern Central Alps. The park's identity rests on the meeting of contrasting alpine landscapes: high mountain ridges, mountain lakes and peatlands, dry and humid forest valleys, river gorges, and centuries-old cultural landscapes shaped by pastoral use. Three major gorges carve through the area, while the Splügen and San Bernardino passes have carried north-south traffic through the Alps since antiquity. Culturally, the park is shaped by two distinct settlement traditions, Romanesque villages in the Val Schons and the dispersed Walser hamlets of the Rheinwald, Tschappina and Safiental valleys. Its emblem is the Alpine ibex, reintroduced in 1954 and now thriving in one of the oldest protected hunting reserves in the canton.
- Location
- Switzerland
- Park type
- Regional park
- Established
- 2013
- Area
- 515 km²
- Highest point
- 2,998 m
Location overview
Switzerland and Graubünden regional membership records
Naturpark Beverin Geography and Regional Location Analysis
Naturpark Beverin operates entirely within Switzerland and the Graubünden region. Regional administrative records confirm domestic protected status without coastal, island, or transboundary designations.
- Countries
- Switzerland
- Regions
- Graubünden
- Primary location
- Graubünden
- Geographic setting
- Inland
Boundary and coordinates
Interactive protected area geometry and derived spatial measurements
Naturpark Beverin Boundary Map and Spatial Extent
Mapped boundary geometry outlines the spatial extent of the protected area for regional context. Accompanying facts detail the recorded land area and geographic spans without claiming legal survey precision.
- Boundary area
- 515.1 km²
- Boundary perimeter
- 151.2 km
- Northernmost point
- 46.8092° N
- Southernmost point
- 46.4668° N
- Easternmost point
- 9.5315° E
- Westernmost point
- 9.1536° E
- Geographic centre
- 46.6106° N, 9.3538° E
- North–south span
- 38.1 km
- East–west span
- 28.9 km
Elevation and terrain
Mountain relief statistics and recorded natural features
Naturpark Beverin Terrain and Elevation Profile
Review the recorded elevation summary spanning from 600 meters to 3200 meters across the mountain terrain. Individual feature cards detail names, classifications, and spatial relationships for peaks, streams, and glaciers.
- Minimum elevation
- 600 m
- Maximum elevation
- 3,200 m
- Highest point
- 2,998 m
Selected named natural features
Streams
Steilerbach
Streams
Runggtobel
Peaks
Muttans
1,997 m
Streams
Ual da Martegn
Mountain saddles
Chrachalücke
2,635 m
Environmental setting
Interpreting mountain relief, alpine habitats, and regional water networks
Naturpark Beverin Environmental Setting and Alpine Landscape Classifications
Recorded landscape features and habitat types offer complementary methods for reading physical conditions across mountain terrain. Stored environmental categories connect directly to related protected area destinations within the regional atlas.
- Relief
- Mountain
- Climate
- Alpine
- Water
- Major water bodies
- Forest cover
- Partial forest
- Seasonality
- Year-round
Landscape features
Mountains · Valleys · Cliffs · Canyon · Forest · Wetland · Lakes · Rivers · Coast
Habitat types
Alpine meadow · Montane forest · Wetland · Riverine habitat
Park atlas
Compare regional protected areas and connected mountain terrain across the Swiss Alps
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- Established
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