Lower Rhine
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Lower Rhine (German: Niederrhein, pronounced [ˈniːdɐˌʁaɪn] ⓘ; kilometres[lower-alpha 1] 660 to 1,033 of the River Rhine)[2] refers to the section of the Rhine between Bonn in Germany and the North Sea at Hook of Holland in the Netherlands, including the Nederrijn (English: Nether Rhine) within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta; alternatively, Lower Rhine may also refer to just the part upstream of Pannerdens Kop (km 660–865.5),[2] excluding the Nederrijn.[3][4]
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Lower Rhine (Niederrhein) | |
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
States | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Districts | Bonn, Cologne, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Kleve, Krefeld, Leverkusen, Mettmann, Rhein-Erft, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, Rhein-Lahn, Rhein-Sieg, Wesel |
Country | The Netherlands |
Provinces | Gelderland, South Holland, Utrecht |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Between Bad Godesberg and Bonn-Oberkassel, continuation of the Middle Rhine |
• coordinates | 50°42′20″N 7°9′46.2″E |
• elevation | 61 m |
Mouth | |
• location | Hook of Holland, North Sea |
• coordinates | 51°58′53.3″N 4°4′50.99″E |
• elevation | 0 m |
Length | 373 km (232 mi), 205.5 km (127.7 mi) without the Nederrijn |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Erft, Kalflack, Meuse |
• right | Düssel, Emscher, Lippe, Ruhr, Sieg, Wupper |
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It is the last of the four sections of the River Rhine between Lake Constance and the North Sea (the others being the High Rhine, Upper Rhine and Middle Rhine).