Editing Swiss Alps (section)

===Land elevation===
{{See also|Swiss cantons by elevation}}
The following table<ref>[http://www.reliefs.ch/IRInhalt.html#Kantone Die Kantone nach ihren höchsten Punkten] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060908025044/http://www.reliefs.ch/IRInhalt.html#Kantone |date=2006-09-08 }} {{in lang|de}} Various highest and lowest elevation values by canton (village center, road or rail network, etc.)</ref> gives the surface area above 2000 m and 3000 m and the respective percentage on the total area of each canton whose high point is above 2000 metres.

{| class="wikitable sortable" font=90%"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! [[Cantons of Switzerland|Canton]]
! Land above 2000m in km<sup>2</sup>
! Land above 2000m in %
! Land above 3000m in km<sup>2</sup>
! Land above 3000m in %
|-
| [[Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden|Appenzell Ausserrhoden]]
| 1
| 0.4
| 0
| 0
|-
| [[Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden|Appenzell Innerrhoden]]
| 4
| 2.3
| 0
| 0
|-
| [[Canton of Bern|Bern]]
| 887
| 15
| 100
| 1.7
|-
| [[Canton of Fribourg|Fribourg]]
| 14
| 0.8
| 0
| 0
|-
| [[Canton of Glarus|Glarus]]
| 213
| 31
| 4
| 0.6
|-
| [[Canton of Grisons|Graubünden]]
| 4296
| 60
| 111
| 1.6
|-
| [[Canton of Lucerne|Lucerne]]
| 4
| 0.3
| 0
| 0
|-
| [[Canton of Nidwalden|Nidwalden]]
| 20
| 7
| 0
| 0
|-
| [[Canton of Obwalden|Obwalden]]
| 66
| 13
| 1
| 0.2
|-
| [[Canton of Schwyz|Schwyz]]
| 69
| 8
| 0
| 0
|-
| [[Canton St. Gallen|St. Gallen]]
| 184
| 9
| 1
| 0.05
|-
| [[Canton of Ticino|Ticino]]
| 781
| 28
| 2
| 0.07
|-
| [[Canton of Uri|Uri]]
| 562
| 52
| 19
| 1.8
|-
| [[Canton of Valais|Valais]]
| 2595
| 50
| 697
| 13
|-
| [[Canton of Vaud|Vaud]]
| 92
| 3
| 1
| 0.03
|- class="sortbottom"
| '''[[Switzerland]]'''
| '''9788'''
| '''24'''
| '''936'''
| '''2.3'''
|}