{"id":373262,"date":"2026-10-06T15:45:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=373262"},"modified":"2026-10-06T15:45:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T10:15:28","slug":"key-facts-about-switzerland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-switzerland\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Switzerland"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> India and Switzerland signed pacts on mobility that will ease granting longer-duration visas and the exchange of young professionals and agreed to strengthen cooperation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">Key Facts about Switzerland<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 395px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.britannica.com\/68\/183768-050-8A75F8FE\/World-Data-Locator-Map-Switzerland.jpg?resize=395%2C378&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Switzerland\" width=\"395\" height=\"378\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Switzerland<\/strong> is a <strong>landlocked<\/strong> country in the<strong> central Europe. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bordering nations:<\/strong> It is bordered by <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-france\/\"><strong>France<\/strong> <\/a>to the west, <strong>Germany<\/strong> to the north, <strong>Austria<\/strong> and <strong>Liechtenstein<\/strong> to the east, and <strong>Italy<\/strong> to the south.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capital:<\/strong> Its capital is <strong>Bern<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Climate:<\/strong> Its climate is influence by <strong>four<\/strong> <strong>major European air masses &#8211;<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>mild, moist Atlantic air<\/li>\n<li>cold, dry Arctic air<\/li>\n<li>continental air from the east<\/li>\n<li>warm, moist Mediterranean air<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geography:<\/strong> Its geography can be divided into <strong>three distinct regions &#8211;<\/strong>\u00a0the<strong> Jura Mountains<\/strong> in the northwest, the <strong>Alps<\/strong> in the south and east, and the<strong> Mittelland (Central Plateau)<\/strong> lying between them.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mountain ranges:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Jura Mountains:<\/strong> The Jura is a <strong>rolling mountain range<\/strong> which\u00a0was<strong> formed due to the Alpine folding<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Alps:<\/strong> The <span id=\"ref423922\"><\/span>Alps were<strong> built of large complexes of massed overthrusts of extremely varied sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks<\/strong> that were shaped by glaciation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mittelland:<\/strong>\u00a0The <strong>Mittelland (Central Plateau)<\/strong> covers nearly <strong>one-fourth of Switzerland<\/strong> and is bounded by mountain ranges and the country\u2019s two largest lakes.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lakes: Lake Geneva and Lake Constance<\/strong> are the two largest lake of the country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major rivers: <\/strong>The<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rhine-river\/\">Rhine River<\/a>, Rh\u00f4ne River,\u00a0Aare River, Ticino River and Inn River<\/strong> are major rivers of the country.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Highest points:<\/strong> Its highest point is <strong>Dufourspitze (Monte Rosa), in the Pennine Alps.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: India and Switzerland signed pacts on mobility that will ease granting longer-duration visas and the exchange of young professionals and agreed to strengthen cooperation. Key Facts about Switzerland Switzerland is a landlocked country in the central Europe. Bordering nations: It is bordered by France to the west, Germany to the north, Austria and Liechtenstein&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-facts-about-switzerland\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Key Facts about Switzerland<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,10500],"class_list":["post-373262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373262\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}