El Ichibi lentengo Eli chibi likwiRhine kumazantsi eentaba zeAlps, kwaye liqukethe imizimba emithathu yamanzi: iObersee ("ichibi elingasentla"), i-Untersee ("ichibi elisezantsi"), kunye nokunweba kweRhine, ebizwa i-Seerhein.
Eli chibi likhankanyiwe okokuqala ngugqirha wokuma komhlaba wase-Roma uPomponius Mela malunga ne-AD 43. Uye waqaphela ukuba iRhine iqukuqela phakathi kwamachibi amabini, kwaye ibanike amagama ezenzululwazi iLacus venetus (Obersee) kunye neLacus Acronius (Untersee). UPliny Omdala wasebenzisa igama elithi Lacus Brigantinus, emva kwesixeko saseRoma iBrigantium (namhlanje iBregenz).
Eli chibi lamanzi amatsha likwi-395 m ngaphezulu komphakamo wolwandle kwaye lelona lesithathu ngobukhulu kwi-Yurophu eseMbindini, emva kweLake Balaton kunye neLake Geneva. Kubude be-63 km, kwaye kwindawo ebanzi, phantse i-14 km. Ibandakanya malunga ne-571 km² (208 mi²) yendawo iyonke.
Obona bunzulu bunzulu yi-252 m embindini wenxalenye esempuma (Obersee). Umthamo wayo umalunga ne-55 km ³. I-Rhine elawulwayo ingena echibini elisempuma-mpuma, idlula e-Obersee, isixeko saseConstance kunye nasezantsi kwaye ikhupha kufutshane neStein am Rhein. ILake Constance ibonelela ngamanzi okusela kwizixeko ezininzi ezikumazantsi eJamani.
ILake Constance yenziwa ngumkhenkce weRhin ngexesha lobudala bomkhenkce. IRhine, iBregenzer Ache, kunye nePain zithwala izidalwa zeDornbirner ezisuka kwiAlps zisiya echibini, ngaloo ndlela zinciphisa ngokuthe ngcembe ubunzulu beli chibi kumazantsi mpuma.
ILake Constance trout (i-Salmo trutta) yaphantse yaphela ngeminyaka yoo-1980 ngenxa yongcoliseko, kodwa ngenxa yamanyathelo okhuselo yenze imbuyekezo enkulu. Eli chibi ngokwalo lingumthombo obalulekileyo wamanzi okusela emazantsi-ntshona eJamani, abizwa ngokuba yiBodenseewasserversorgung.
