Editing Davos (section)

===Topography===
[[File:Luftbild Davos2.jpg|thumb|View of Davos from a [[paraglider]], looking southwest]]
[[File:Luftbild Davos.jpg|thumb|Davos from the air, looking north, with Schatzalp and Parsenn ski areas]]
The main village of Davos lies at the top of the narrow valley of the [[Landwasser]] at an altitude of {{Convert|1560|m|ft}}, just below the [[Wolfgang Pass]]. [[Lake Davos]] is northeast of the village, formerly the source of the Landwasser.

The municipality of Davos ({{Langx|de|text=Gemeinde Davos}}) has an area (as of the 2004/09 survey) of {{Swiss area|3851|mi=on}},{{Swiss area data|3851|QUELLE}} including most of the Landwasser valley and its side valleys.

Of that area, about 35.0% is used for agricultural purposes, and 22.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.3% is settled (buildings or roads) and 40.5% is unproductive land. In the 2004/09 survey a total of {{convert|337|ha|acre|abbr=on}} or about 1.2% of the total area was covered with buildings, an increase of {{convert|61|ha|acre|abbr=on}} over the 1985 amount. Over the same time period, the amount of recreational space in the municipality increased by {{convert|10|ha|acre|abbr=on}} and is now about 0.22% of the total area. Of the agricultural land, {{convert|1296|ha|acre|abbr=on}} is fields and grasslands and {{convert|9056|ha|acre|abbr=on}} consists of alpine grazing areas. Since 1985 the amount of agricultural land has decreased by {{convert|736|ha|acre|abbr=on}}. Over the same time period the amount of forested land has increased by {{convert|481|ha|acre|abbr=on}}. Rivers and lakes cover {{convert|285|ha|acre|abbr=on}} in the municipality.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/raum-umwelt/bodennutzung-bedeckung.gnpdetail.2016-0436.html |title=Arealstatistik Land Use - Gemeinden nach 10 Klassen |date=24 November 2016 |website=www.landuse-stat.admin.ch |publisher=Swiss Federal Statistical Office |access-date=27 December 2016}}</ref><ref name="SFSO2016">[https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/regionalstatistik/regionale-portraets-kennzahlen/gemeinden/daten-erlaeuterungen.assetdetail.328115.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office - Regional portraits] accessed 27 October 2016</ref>

The Wolfgang Pass divides the waters flowing into the [[Landquart (river)|Landquart]] from the valley of the Landwasser, and has a year-round road and [[Rhaetian Railway]] connection. Crossing the pass leads to the village of [[Klosters]] and the [[Prättigau]]. Three long side valleys reach out to the south from the main valley of the Landwasser, one of which leads to the [[Flüela Pass]] and the [[Engadin]] beyond.