Editing Linth (section)

==Course of the river==
[[File:Linthal.jpg|thumb|left|The upper part of the Linth valley, with the river just visible to the bottom, the village of Linthal above, and the Biferten glacier at the top centre]]
The river rises to the south-west of the [[Linthal, Glarus|village of Linthal]], at the foot the [[Tödi|Tödi mountain]] (elevation {{convert|3614|m|disp=or}}). It collects the water from several glaciers, including the [[Clariden Glacier]] and the [[Biferten Glacier]], as well as various tributary streams, including the ''Oberstafelbach'', the ''Bifertenbach'', the ''Sandbach'', the ''Walenbach'' and the ''Limmerenbach''. The last of these is dammed to create the [[Limmerensee]], a part of the [[Linth–Limmern Power Stations|Linth–Limmern hydro-electric scheme]].<ref name=swtopo/>

The river then flows north to the village of Linthal, the highest significant settlement on the river, and onwards through the [[canton of Glarus]] villages of [[Rüti, Glarus|Rüti]], [[Betschwanden]], [[Diesbach, Glarus|Diesbach]], [[Hätzingen]], [[Luchsingen]], [[Leuggelbach]], [[Haslen, Glarus|Haslen]], [[Nidfurn]] and [[Schwanden, Glarus|Schwanden]]. In Schwanden, the Linth is joined by one of its principal tributaries, the [[Sernf]], which drains the south-eastern part of the canton of Glarus.<ref name=swtopo/>

From Schwanden, the river continues to flow north through the villages of [[Mitlödi]] and [[Ennenda]] and the [[Glarus|town of Glarus]] before reaching the village of [[Netstal]]. In Netstal, the Linth is joined by the [[Löntsch]], which drains the [[Klöntalersee]]. The Linth then flows between the villages [[Näfels]] and [[Mollis]], from where it formerly flowed in a northerly direction to a confluence with its tributary outfall from  [[Lake Walen]] (Walensee) on the Linth Plain, and then across that plain in a westerly direction to its mouth at the head of the [[Obersee (Zürichsee)|Obersee]] section of [[Lake Zurich]].<ref name=swtopo/><ref name=speich>{{cite web | url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233490501 | title = Draining the Marshlands, Disciplining the Masses: The Linth Valley Hydro Engineering Scheme (1807–1823) and the Genesis of Swiss National Unity | first = Daniel | last = Speich | publisher = The White Horse Press | year = 2002 | access-date = 2015-04-27}}</ref>

As a result of the river regulation works (see below), the river is today diverted down an artificial channel in an easterly direction into Lake Walen. Another artificial channel (the Linth Channel) then takes the outfall of Lake Walen at [[Weesen, Switzerland|Weesen]] and flows west through the Linth Plain and  into the Obersee.<ref name=swtopo/> 
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