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Weather in Switzerland
The beautiful and exotic land of Switzerland- the weather and nature of which has been so beautifully favorable that the land itself has been immensely popular all over the world as a tourist spot.
The climate differs from place to place in Switzerland. The western and some southern part of the land receive the higher precipitation. The heaviest rainfall in Switzerland happens in Rochers de Nave, a mountain near Montreux (VD) with approximately 260 cm per year.
But the rainfall is lesser in the valleys Engadin in the very east and Valais in the southwest of Switzerland. Hence the Scoul (GR) receives about 70 cm, Staldenried (VS) about 53 cm.
The land gets around 1700 hours per year, but some of the villages claim that they receive up to 2300hours a year.
A quite unusual phenomenon happens when the southern wind blows in clouds in the country and they get blocked by the alpine mountains- suddenly the temperature rises causing a dry and warm weather in the north of Alps. This very phenomenon is called Foehn for which many a time people seem to suffer from headache and irritability.
Varying on the temperature of the land subtropical palm trees are found along the lakes in the south on the border with Italy, while permanent snow and ice (glaciers) are found in the high Alps at heights above 10,000 feet (3,000 meters), depending on altitude and exposure.
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