Rhine
Appearance
Rhine | |
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The Lorelei rock in Rhineland-Palatinate | |
Map o the Rhine basin | |
Native name | Rhenus, Rein, Rhein, le Rhin,[1] Rijn |
Basin | |
Main source | Rein Anteriur/Vorderrhein Tomasee (Romansh: Lai da Tuma), Surselva, Graubünden, Swisserland 2,345 m (7,694 ft) 46°37′57″N 8°40′20″E / 46.63250°N 8.67222°E |
2nt source | Rein Posteriur/Hinterrhein Paradies Glacier, Graubünden, Swisserland |
River mooth | North Sea Netherlands 0 m (0 ft) 51°58′54″N 4°4′50″E / 51.98167°N 4.08056°ECoordinates: 51°58′54″N 4°4′50″E / 51.98167°N 4.08056°E |
Basin size | 185,000 km2 (71,000 sq mi) |
Pheesical chairacteristics | |
Lenth | 1,230 km (760 mi), [note 1] |
Dischairge |
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Features |
The Rhine is an important an unco lang river in Europe. The river itsel is aboot 1,232 km (766 mi) lang, wi a common watter dischairge o mair nor 2,000 m³/s (71,000 cu ft/s). It flowes frae Swisserland til the ceety o Rotterdam in the Netherlands, tuimin in the German Ocean.
It is been ane o the heidmaist rivers for the Germanic fowk, e'en makin the mairch atween the Roman Empire an Germania. Mony castles lie alang its banks.
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ The Rhine anerly haes an offeecial lenth scale (Rheinkilometer) dounstream o Constance. Its full lenth is subject tae the defineetion o the Alpine Rhine. In 2010, thare war media reports tae the effect that the lenth o the Rhine haed lang been unner-reportit in 20t-century encyclopaedias, an upon request bi jurnalists, Dutch Rijkswaterstaat citit a lenth o 1,232 km."Der Rhein ist kürzer als gedacht – Jahrhundert-Irrtum". sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved 27 Mairch 2010.."Rhine River 90km shorter than everyone thinks". The Local – Germany's news in English. 27 Mairch 2010. Archived frae the original on 30 Mey 2012. Retrieved 9 Apryle 2010. "'We checked it out and came to 1,232 kilometres,' said Ankie Pannekoek, spokeswoman for the Dutch government hydrology office." As o 2018[update], the popular press still reports a shorter lenth o 745 miles (~1,200 kilometres).Sheppard, David; Chazan, Guy (2 November 2018). "Where did the Rhine go? Drought-hit cargo river sparks economic fears". OZY. Archived frae the original on 16 Julie 2019. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ "Le Rhin" (official site) (in French). Paris, France: L'Institut National de l'Information Geographique et Forestrière IGN. Archived frae the original on 6 Mairch 2016. Retrieved 6 Mairch 2016.
- ↑ Frijters and Leentvaar (2003)
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