Miƙewa daga gefen arewa da gefen kudu na tsaunukan Alps, Switzerland ya ƙunshi manyan ɗumbin wurare da yanayi a iyakantaccen yanki na murabba'in kilomita 41,285 (murabba'in mil 15.940).
Yawan jama'ar ya kai kimanin dala miliyan 7,8, wanda ya haifar da matsakaicin yawan mutane kusan 190 a kowace murabba'in kilomita (485 / sq mil).
Switzerland tana da yankuna na asali guda uku: Swiss Alps a kudu, tsakiyar tsaunuka ko yankin tsakiya, da tsaunukan Jura a arewa.
Tsaunin tsaunukan Alps wani tsauni ne wanda ya ratsa yankin kudu maso tsakiyar kasar, wanda ya kunshi kusan kashi 60% na duk fadin kasar. Daga cikin manyan kwaruruka na tsaunukan Alps na Switzerland, ana samun kankara da yawa, tare da jimillar yanki na murabba'in kilomita 1.063. Daga waɗannan ne aka samo asalin manyan koguna da yawa, kamar su Rhine, Inn, Ticino da Rhone, waɗanda suke malala zuwa wurare huɗu na asali a duk Turai.
Hanyoyin sadarwar ruwa sun hada da manya manyan ruwa a Tsakiya da Yammacin Turai, gami da Lake Geneva, Lake Constance da Lake Maggiore. Switzerland tana da fiye da tabkuna 1500, kuma ta ƙunshi kashi 6% na raƙuman ruwa na Turai. Tabkuna da kankara sun mamaye kusan 6% na ƙasar.
Kimanin tsaunukan tsaunukan Switzerland guda ɗari suna kusa ko sama da mita 4.000 (ƙafa 13.000). A 4634 m (15.203 ft), Monte Rosa ita ce mafi girma, kodayake Matterhorn (4.478 m / 14 ft) shine mafi shahara. Dukansu suna cikin tsaunukan Pennine, a cikin yankin Valais.
Bangaren Alps na Bernese sama da zurfin Lauterbrunnen kwari mai ƙanƙan ruwa, wanda ya ƙunshi kwararar ruwa guda 72, sananne ne ga Jungfrau (4.158 m / 13 ft) da Eiger, da kyawawan kwaruruka na yankin. A kudu maso gabas na dogon kwarin Engadine, wanda ya kewaye yankin St. Moritz a gundumar Grisons, kuma sanannen abu ne, mafi girman ƙwanƙolin a cikin makwabcin Bernina Alps shine Piz Bernina (642 m / 4.049 ft).
Yankin arewacin ƙasar mafi yawan jama'a, wanda ya ƙunshi kusan 30% na jimlar yankin ƙasar, ana kiranta Duniya ta Tsakiya. Tana da karin wuraren budewa da kuma dazuzzuka masu tsaunuka, wani yanki mai bude ciyawa, galibi tare da garken shanu ko kayan lambu da filayen 'ya'yan itace, amma har yanzu tsauni ne.
Akwai manyan tabkuna da za a samo a nan, kuma manyan biranen Switzerland suna cikin wannan yanki na babban tafkin ƙasar, Tafkin Geneva (wanda kuma ake kira Lake Léman a Faransanci), a yammacin Switzerland. Kogin Rhone shine babbar hanyar shiga da mashiga ta Tafkin Geneva.