page_title: Mattertal
hierarchical_section_title: Mattertal
caption_attribution_description: English: The Randa rockslide above the town of Randa, Matter valley, Switzerland.
context_page_description: The Matter Valley is located in southwestern Switzerland, south of the Rhone valley in the canton of Valais. The village of Zermatt is the most important settlement of the valley, which is surrounded by many four-thousanders, including the Matterhorn.
context_section_description: The Matter Valley (German: Mattertal, or sometimes Nikolaital) is located in southwestern Switzerland, south of the Rhone valley in the canton of Valais. The village of Zermatt is the most important settlement of the valley, which is surrounded by many four-thousanders, including the Matterhorn.
caption: A large debris fan, deposited by a rockslide in the 1990s, can be seen above the village of Randa in the Matter valley.
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