Sense (river)

{{Short description|River in Switzerland}} {{Infobox river | name = Sense | native_name = {{native name list |tag1=fr|name1=Singine |tag2=frp|name2=Singena}} | image = Sense und Schwarzwasser.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = The River Sense at the Schwarzwasser junction | map = Singine.png | map_size = 280 | map_alt =Course of the Sense. | map_caption = | source1_location = Confluence of ''Kalte Sense'' and ''Warme Sense'' at Zollhaus | mouth = Into the river Saane at Laupen | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Switzerland | progression = Saane→ {{RAare}} | length = {{convert|35.7|km|mi|abbr=on}} | source1_elevation = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|46|54|21|N|7|14|02|E|region:CH-BE_type:waterbody_source:kolossus-dewiki|display=it}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|489|m|ft|0}}  | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = }}

The river '''Sense''' ({{langx|de|Sense}}; {{langx|fr|Singine}}; {{langx|frp|Singena}}, locally {{lang|frp|Chindzena}} {{IPA|frp|ʃɛ̃ˈdzəna||frp-greverin-Chindzena.ogg}}) is a right tributary of the river Saane in Switzerland.

== Geography == It is a border river between the Cantons of Fribourg and Bern. Its source rivers, the ''Kalte Sense'', coming from Mount Gantrisch, and ''Warme Sense'', flowing out of lake Schwarzsee, join at Zollhaus and thus form the origin of the Sense.

The Sense flows through a gorge of 15 km length, which is popular for whitewater sports, but also for swimming and bathing – especially among nudists.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/bern/FKK-neben-Familien-An-der-Sense-gehts/story/18546254 |title=FKK neben Familien: An der Sense gehts (lit.: Nudism next to families: it works at the Sense river) |language=German |first=Reto |last=Boschung |date=6 July 2009 |work=Berner Zeitung |access-date=24 July 2010 |archive-date=3 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303035510/http://www.bernerzeitung.ch/region/bern/FKK-neben-Familien-An-der-Sense-gehts/story/18546254 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its main tributary is the river Schwarzwasser.

After about 35 km, the Sense joins the Saane river at Laupen. Because the Sense's water level can rise rapidly during hefty rainstorms, it is dangerous to stay near the river bed in uncertain weather conditions.

==See also== * List of rivers of Switzerland

==References== {{Commons category|Sense}} {{Reflist}} *{{cite web|url=http://www.kajaktour.de/sense.htm |title=Sense, Berner Oberland / Schweiz |language=German |work=kajaktour.de}}

Category:Rivers of Switzerland Category:Bern–Fribourg border Category:Rivers of the canton of Bern Category:Rivers of the canton of Fribourg 1Sense