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The Swiss Plateau or ___MASK88___ Plateau constitutes one ___MASK85___ the three major landscapes in Switzerland alongside the ___MASK5___ Mountains and the Swiss Alps . It covers about 30 % ___MASK85___ the Swiss surface . It comprises the regions between the ___MASK5___ and the Alps , partly flat but mostly hilly , and lies at an average height between 400 and 700 m AMSL . It is by far the most densely populated region ___MASK85___ Switzerland , and the most important with respect to economy and transportation . A landlocked state or landlocked country is a sovereign state entirely enclosed by land , or whose only coastlines lie on closed seas . There are currently 48 such countries , including four partially recognised states . Only two , ___MASK18___ and Paraguay in South America , lie outside Afro - Eurasia ( the Old World ). ___MASK93___ , officially the Principality of ___MASK93___ , is a doubly landlocked German - speaking microstate in Central Europe . It is a constitutional monarchy with the rank of principality , headed by the ___MASK47___ of ___MASK93___ . ___MASK6___ , officially the Italian Republic , is a unitary parliamentary republic in ___MASK46___ . Located in the heart of the Mediterranean Sea , ___MASK6___ shares open land borders with ___MASK12___ , Switzerland , Austria , Slovenia , San Marino and Vatican City . ___MASK6___ covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate ; due to its shape , it is often referred to in ___MASK6___ as " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). With 61 million inhabitants , it is the fourth ___MASK69___ populous EU member state . Salouf ( until 1943 officially called Salux ) is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the ___MASK17___ ___MASK85___ Albula in the canton ___MASK85___ ___MASK27___ in Switzerland . On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities ___MASK85___ Bivio , Cunter , Marmorera , Mulegns , Riom - Parsonz , Salouf , Savognin , Sur and Tinizong - Rona merged to form the new municipality ___MASK85___ Surses . A federal republic is a federation ___MASK85___ states with a republican form ___MASK85___ government . At its core , the literal meaning ___MASK85___ the word republic when used to reference a form ___MASK85___ government means : " a country that is governed by elected representatives and by an elected leader ( such as a president ) rather than by a ___MASK68___ or queen ". The Alps are the highest and ___MASK69___ extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe , stretching approximately across eight ___MASK15___ countries : Austria , France , Germany , Italy , Liechtenstein , Monaco , Slovenia , and Switzerland . The mountains were formed over tens of millions of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided . Extreme shortening caused by the event resulted in marine sedimentary rocks rising by thrusting and folding into high mountain peaks such as Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn . Mont Blanc spans the French  Italian border , and at is the highest mountain in the Alps . The ___MASK15___ region area contains about a hundred peaks higher than 4000 metres ( just over 13 , 000 feet ). Lai Lung is a lake near Riom - Parsonz in the Grisons , ___MASK62___ . ___MASK12___ , officially the French Republic , is a country with territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories . The European , or metropolitan , area of ___MASK12___ extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea , and from the ___MASK94___ to the Atlantic Ocean . Overseas ___MASK12___ include French Guiana on the South American continent and several island territories in the Atlantic , Pacific and ___MASK33___ oceans . ___MASK12___ spans and had a total population of almost 67 million people as of January 2017 . It is a unitary semi - presidential republic with the capital in Paris , the country ' s largest city and main cultural and commercial centre . Other major urban centres include Marseille , Lyon , Lille , Nice , Toulouse and Bordeaux . ___MASK74___ , officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK74___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK74___ is the ___MASK69___ populous member state of the ___MASK4___ . After the United States , it is the second ___MASK69___ popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK74___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is Berlin . Other major cities include Hamburg , Munich , Cologne , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . Cunter ( Romansh , in German : Conters im Oberhalbstein ) is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the ___MASK17___ ___MASK85___ Albula in the canton ___MASK85___ ___MASK27___ in Switzerland . On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities ___MASK85___ Bivio , Cunter , Marmorera , Mulegns , Riom - Parsonz , Salouf , Savognin , Sur and Tinizong - Rona merged to form the new municipality ___MASK85___ Surses . A lagoon is a shallow body ___MASK85___ water separated from a larger body ___MASK85___ water by barrier islands or reefs . Lagoons are commonly divided into coastal lagoons and atoll lagoons . They have also been identified as occurring on mixed - sand and gravel coastlines . There is an overlap between bodies ___MASK85___ water classified as coastal lagoons and bodies ___MASK85___ water classified as estuaries . Lagoons are common coastal features around many parts ___MASK85___ the world . ___MASK84___ (, , , ) is the second ___MASK69___ populous city in Switzerland ( after Zürich ) and is the ___MASK69___ populous city of Romandy , the French - speaking part of Switzerland . Situated where the Rhône exits ___MASK45___ , it is the capital of the Republic and Canton of ___MASK84___ . A stream is a body ___MASK85___ water with a current , confined within a bed and ___MASK50___ . Depending on its location or certain characteristics , a stream may be referred to as a " bayou ", " beck ", " branch ", " brook ", " burn ", " creek ", " crick ", " ghyll ", " gill ", " kill ", " lick ", " mill race ", " race ", " rill ", " river ", " rivulet ", " run ", " runnel ", " streamage ", " ___MASK10___ ", or " wash ". Mulegns is village and a former municipality in the Sursés in the ___MASK17___ ___MASK85___ Albula in the canton ___MASK85___ ___MASK27___ in Switzerland . On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities ___MASK85___ Bivio , Cunter , Marmorera , Mulegns , Riom - Parsonz , Salouf , Savognin , Sur and Tinizong - Rona merged to form the new municipality ___MASK85___ Surses . ___MASK62___ , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic in ___MASK46___ . It consists of 26 cantons , and the city of Bern is the seat of the federal authorities . The country is situated in Western - Central ___MASK46___ , and is bordered by Italy to the south , ___MASK12___ to the west , ___MASK74___ to the north , and Austria and ___MASK93___ to the east . ___MASK62___ is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps , the Swiss Plateau and the ___MASK5___ , spanning an area of . While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory , the Swiss population of approximately eight million people is concentrated mostly on the plateau , where the largest cities are to be found : among them are the two global cities and economic centres Zürich and Geneva . A ___MASK21___ is a natural flowing watercourse , usually ___MASK89___ , flowing towards an ocean , sea , lake or another ___MASK21___ . In some cases a ___MASK21___ flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water . Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream , creek , brook , rivulet , and rill . There are no official definitions for the generic term ___MASK21___ as applied to geographic features , although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size . Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location ; examples are " run " in some parts of the United States , " burn " in Scotland and northeast England , and " beck " in northern England . Sometimes a ___MASK21___ is defined as being larger than a creek , but not always : the language is vague . Riom - Parsonz is a former municipality in the Sursés in the ___MASK17___ ___MASK85___ Albula in the canton ___MASK85___ ___MASK27___ in Switzerland . It was created from the 1979 union ___MASK85___ the villages ___MASK85___ " Riom " and " Parsonz ". On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities ___MASK85___ Bivio , Cunter , Marmorera , Mulegns , Riom - Parsonz , Salouf , Savognin , Sur and Tinizong - Rona merged to form the new municipality ___MASK85___ Surses . ___MASK79___ is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the district of Albula in the canton of ___MASK27___ in Switzerland . On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Bivio , Cunter , ___MASK79___ , Mulegns , Riom - Parsonz , Salouf , Savognin , Sur and Tinizong - Rona merged to form the new municipality of Surses . ___MASK88___ ___MASK46___ lies between Eastern ___MASK46___ and Western ___MASK46___ . The concept of ___MASK88___ ___MASK46___ is based on a common historical , social and cultural identity . ___MASK88___ ___MASK46___ is going through a phase of " strategic awakening ", with initiatives such as the CEI , Centrope or V4 . While the region ' s economy shows high disparities with regard to income , all ___MASK88___ European countries are listed by the Human Development Index as very highly developed . Bivio is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the ___MASK17___ ___MASK85___ Albula ___MASK85___ the Swiss canton ___MASK85___ ___MASK27___ . On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities ___MASK85___ Bivio , Cunter , Marmorera , Mulegns , Riom - Parsonz , Salouf , Savognin , Sur and Tinizong - Rona merged to form the new municipality ___MASK85___ Surses . Savognin ( in local Romansh dialect " Suagnign "; official name until 1890 ) is a village and former municipality in the Sursés in the ___MASK17___ ___MASK85___ Albula in the canton ___MASK85___ Grisons in Switzerland . On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities ___MASK85___ Bivio , Cunter , ___MASK79___ , Mulegns , Riom - Parsonz , Salouf , Savognin , Sur and Tinizong - Rona merged to form the new municipality ___MASK85___ Surses . ___MASK46___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK46___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the ___MASK99___ , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the ___MASK35___ and southeast , ___MASK46___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK46___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK46___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . Tinizong - Rona is a former municipality in the ___MASK17___ ___MASK85___ Albula in the Sursés in the canton ___MASK85___ ___MASK27___ in Switzerland . It was formed in 1998 from the villages ___MASK85___ " Tinizong " and " Rona ". The local administration is situated in Tinizong . On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities ___MASK85___ Bivio , Cunter , Marmorera , Mulegns , Riom - Parsonz , Salouf , Savognin , Sur and Tinizong - Rona merged to form the new municipality ___MASK85___ Surses . The city ___MASK85___ Bern or Berne (; Bernese German : " Bärn " ) is the de facto capital ___MASK85___ Switzerland , referred to by the Swiss as their ( e . g . in German ) " Bundesstadt ," or " federal city ". With a population ___MASK85___ 141 , 762 ( November 2016 ), Bern is the fourth ___MASK69___ populous city in Switzerland . The Bern agglomeration , which includes 36 municipalities , had a population ___MASK85___ 406 , 900 in 2014 . The metropolitan area had a population ___MASK85___ 660 , 000 in 2000 . Bern is also the capital ___MASK85___ the canton ___MASK85___ Bern , the second ___MASK69___ populous ___MASK85___ Switzerland ' s cantons . A lake is an area ___MASK85___ variable size filled with water , localized in a basin , that is surrounded by land , apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake . ___MASK41___ lie on land and are not part ___MASK85___ the ocean , and therefore are distinct from lagoons , and are also larger and deeper than ponds , though there are no official or scientific definitions . ___MASK41___ can be contrasted with rivers or streams , which are usually flowing . Most ___MASK41___ are fed and drained by rivers and streams . A pond is a body ___MASK85___ standing water , either natural or artificial , that is usually smaller than a lake . They may arise naturally in floodplains as part ___MASK85___ a river system , or they may be somewhat isolated depressions ( examples include vernal pools and prairie potholes ). Usually they contain shallow water with marsh and aquatic plants and animals . A few animals also make their home in ponds , including both alligators and beavers . The type ___MASK85___ life in a pond is generally determined by a combination ___MASK85___ factors including water level regime ( particularly depth and duration ___MASK85___ flooding ) and nutrient levels , but other factors may also be important , including presence or absence ___MASK85___ shading by trees , presence or absence ___MASK85___ streams , effects ___MASK85___ grazing animals , and salinity .