Ems (river)
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Ems | |
Eems (Dutch, Law German), Iems (Westfalian), Oamse (Saterland Frisian), Amisia (Laitin) | |
River | |
The Ems near Lingen
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Name oreegin: tamesis, indo-european for dark, as in dark river | |
Kintras | Germany, Netherlands (pairt o wattershed) |
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Bundesland | Lawer Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalie |
Region | Emsland |
Tributaries | |
- right | Leda, Hase |
Ceeties | Rheda-Wiedenbrück, Gütersloh, Warendorf, Rheine, Lingen, Meppen, Papenburg, Leer, Emden |
Soorce | |
- location | Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock |
- elevation | 134 m (440 ft) |
- coordinates | 51°51′21″N 8°41′55″E / 51.85583°N 8.69861°E |
Mooth | Dollart Bay/North Sea |
- location | Emden |
- elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
- coordinates | 53°19′32″N 7°14′41″E / 53.32556°N 7.24472°ECoordinates: 53°19′32″N 7°14′41″E / 53.32556°N 7.24472°E |
Lenth | 371 km (231 mi) |
Basin | 17,934 km2 (6,924 sq mi) |
Discharge | for Emden |
- average | 80 m3/s (2,825 cu ft/s) |
Coorse o the Ems throu Emsland
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The Ems (German: Ems; Dutch: Eems) is a river in northwastren Germany. It runs throu the states o North Rhine-Westphalie an Lawer Saxony, an discharges intae the Dollart Bay which is pairt o the Wadden Sea. Its tot lenth is 371 kilometre (231 mi).