Davos Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Topography=== [[File:Luftbild Davos2.jpg|thumb|left|View of Davos from [[paraglider]] looking southwest]] [[File:Luftbild Davos.jpg|thumb|left|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 ({{Lang-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 this area, about 35.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 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. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page