Val Medel

It is approximately 15 km (9.3 mi) long and stretches from Disentis (1,100 m (3,600 ft) above sea level) to the south, where it ends at Lai da Sontga Maria reservoir on Lukmanier Pass (906 m (2,972 ft) above sea level).

Other settlements are (from north to south) Mutschnengia, Platta, Pardes, and Fuorns Acla.

An intermediate form between the Disentis and Tujetsch dialects of the Sursilvan language is spoken in the Val Medel.

At the hamlet of Pardatsch (1,559 m (5,115 ft)), the Froda merges with the Rein da Cristallina (which emerges from the Val Cristallina), to form the Rein da Medel, which flows into the Anterior Rhine at Disentis.

Many small tributaries flow into Rein da Medel from both sides.