about the river other uses of RhineRhine disambiguation other uses of Rhein Rhein disambiguation Use dmy dates date May 2011 Infobox River river name River Rhine image name Rhein Karte.png caption The Rhine ... coord 51 58 52 N 4 5 35 E name North Sea Rhine display inline,title basin countries Germany , Switzerland ... 185000 km2 sqmi abbr on Geobox River Heading name Rhine native name Rhein other name category River ... Netherlands state Luxembourg state1 Belgium state2 Italy state type Rhine Basin region district ... etc. whs name Rhine Gorge Upper Middle Rhine Valley whs year 2002 whs number 1066 whs region 4 ... The Rhine is one of the most important rivers in Europe. map size 300 map background map locator map locator x map locator y Website website commons Rhine Footnotes footnotes ref Frijters and Leentvaar 2003 ref The Rhine is a river that flows from Grisons in the eastern Swiss Alps to the North Sea coast ... 26161.html title Rhine River 90km shorter than everyone thinks work The Local Germany s news in English ... 2000 m3 s abbr on . The Rhine and the Danube formed most of the northern inland frontier of the Roman Empire and, since those days, the Rhine has been a vital and navigable waterway carrying trade ... and international borders. The many castle s and prehistoric fortification s along the Rhine testify ... The English name of the Rhine derives from Old English R n , which descends from Proto Germanic ... . ref name etym cite web url http www.etymonline.com index.php?term Rhine title Rhine work Online ... ref The Celtic Gaulish name for the Rhine is R nos , which derives from the same Indo European source ... The Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. Until 1932 the generally accepted length of the Rhine was 1,230 kilometres 764 miles . In 1932, however, the German encyclopedia Knaurs ... its confluence with the Vorderrhein near Disentis . The Vorderrhein , or Anterior Rhine, springs from ... along the young Rhine called Senda Sursilvana . ref en http en.graubuenden.ch hiking switzerland trekking ... more details
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Rhine may refer to The Rhine , a river in Europe People Joseph Banks Rhine , a parapsychologist Places United States Rhine, Georgia , a town Rhine, Wisconsin , a town Rhine community , Wisconsin , an unincorporated community Other The VIA Rhine family of Fast Ethernet network interface controller s The Confederation of the Rhine , a country from 1806 1813 A local spelling of rhyne , a drainage ditch or canal used to turn areas of wetland at around sea level into useful pasture See also Rhene , a spider genus Rhene mythology disambig de Rhine hif Rhine it Rhine nl Rhine pl Rhine pt Rhine ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Rhine knee or Rhine s knee , in German language German Rheinknie is the name of a few bends in the Rhine river . Rhine knee at Basel In Basel the Rhine changes its westerly direction of flow to a northerly direction, along the borders of France and Germany , to flow to the North Sea . From a political viewpoint the Rhine knee is near the tripoint of France, Germany and Switzerland . Therefore, this region is called Regio TriRhena . The whole Rhine knee lies within Swiss territory and is settled by the city of Basel and its adjacent municipalities Riehen and Bettingen . Farther north are the German cities of L rrach and Weil am Rhein as well as the French towns Huningue and Saint Louis, Haut Rhin Saint Louis . Other Rhine knees Another bend in the Rhine is called the Rhine knee, between the German cities of Mainz and Bingen am Rhein Bingen . There is also a bridge in D sseldorf called Rhine knee bridge . DEFAULTSORT Rhine Knee Category Geography of Switzerland Category Geography of Germany de Rheinknie nn Rhinen kneet ro Rheinknie ... more details
Noref date September 2010 The Lower Rhine lang de Niederrhein , lang nl Nederrijn , kilometers 660 to 1,033 of the Rhine River flows from Bonn , Germany , to the North Sea at Hoek van Holland , Netherlands . Almost immediately after entering the Netherlands, the Rhine splits into many branches. The main branch is called the Waal river Waal which flows from Nijmegen to meet the river Meuse after which it is called Merwede . Near Rotterdam the river is known as Nieuwe Maas , and becomes the Nieuwe Waterweg flowing into the Northsea at Hoek van Holland . The Nederrijn refers to the more northern former main branch of the Rhine, which flows past Arnhem splits off the IJssel which flows into the IJsselmeer and then splits into the Lek River and the Kromme Rijn at Wijk bij Duurstede . The Lek flows into the Merwede. The Kromme Rijn continues past Utrecht city Utrecht , becomes the Leidse Rijn , then Oude Rijn and flows into the Northsea at Katwijk . There are other minor branches such as the Vecht Utrecht Vecht , Hollandse IJssel and the Noord river . The German Niederrhein is applied both to the German section of the Lower Rhine river as well as to parts of the surrounding Lower Rhine region Germany Lower Rhine region . Image Duisburg Panorama ThyssenKrupp.jpg thumb 800px center The Lower Rhine at Duisburg See also Rhineland Upper Rhine Middle Rhine Nederrijn Low Rhenish Lower Rhine department Lower Rhine , a France French Departments of France department bordering the Upper Rhine coord 51 58 N 5 21 E display title region NL type river source GNS enwiki Category Rhine basin Category Rivers of North Rhine Westphalia Category Rivers of the Netherlands Rhine, Lower Category Rhine mk ... more details
File Karte Hochrhein.png thumb 450px High Rhine between Stein am Rhein and Basel The High Rhine lang de Hochrhein is the name used in Germany for the part of the Rhine River that flows westbound from Lake Constance to Basel . The High Rhine begins at the outflow of the Rhine from the Untersee Lake Constance Untersee in Stein am Rhein and turns into the Upper Rhine in Basel . In contrast to the Alpine Rhine and Upper Rhine, the High Rhine flows mostly to the west. The section is marked by Rhine kilometers 0 to 165, measurements beginning at the outflow of the Obersee at the Old Rhine Bridge Constance Old Rhine Bridge in Constance . It is the first of four sections High Rhine , Upper Rhine , Middle Rhine , Lower Rhine of the Rhine between Lake Constance and the North Sea. In Switzerland , similar names refer to different parts. In the western part, the Rhine marks the border between German and Switzerland, while in the eastern part, Switzerland owns also areas north of the Rhine, surrounding ... thumb Map of the Rhine The term High Rhine was introduced by scientists in the 19th Century. Above all geologists tried to differentiate the High Rhine linguistically from the Upper Rhine. Until the 19th Century, it was also known as the Badisch Swiss Rhine . ref Reinhard Valenta Eine Landschaft im ... thumb The Rhine Falls at Neuhausen am Rheinfall The Rhine Falls , which are the largest ..., the average water flow is 600 m s. The rapids in the High Rhine should be viewed in the context ... , the river falls into a previously buried stream channel, forming the Rhine Falls at Schaffhausen ... , the post glacial Rhine failed to find the old silted up channel and hit a spur of Black Forest crystal .... Interventions Image Hochrhein bei rheinau.jpg thumb The High Rhine at Rheinau ZH Rheinau Image ... dams. Between Diessenhofen and Stein am Rhein , the High Rhine has yet to be dammed. The first power plant of the Rhine river is currently at Schaffhausen it has a damming effect to slightly ... more details
Switzerland related Infobox river name Valser Rhine image Valser Rhein.jpg caption Valser Rhine location Graub nden basin countries Switzerland river system Rhine progression Glenner Anterior RhineRhine North Sea origin On the north flank of Rheinwaldhorn Coords 46 31 2.4 N 9 2 20.1 E display title,inline type waterbody region CH GR mouth Confluence with Glenner in Suraua Coords 46 42 11 N 9 10 51 E display inline type waterbody region CH GR reservoirs Zervreilasee The Valser Rhine is a source of the river Rhine in the Swiss canton of Graub nden . The river originates from the L nta glacier and the Grauhorn glacier at the northern foot of the Rheinwaldhorn and initially flows through the L nta valley before it flows into the Zervreilasee reservoir. Before the construction of the reservoir, the brooks Hornbach and Canalbach would flow into Valser Rhine from the right at the village of Zervreila. Today, the brooks flow into the reservoir, as does the Finsterbach, also from the right. Below the Zervreila dam, the Valser Rhine flows through the Valser valley and the municipality of Vals GR Vals . Before the village of Vals, the Peiler Bach joins the Valser Rhine, below the village, the Tom lbach from Tom l Pass joins from the right. The Valser Rhine the flows past St. Martin GR St. Martin and joins the Glenner at Suraua . Several kilometers downstream, the Glenner flows into the Anterior Rhine . The Valser Rhine has many rapids and waterfalls and is very popular with canoeists. Equivalent German Graub nden geo stub Category Rivers of Europe Category Rivers of Switzerland Category Alpine Rhine basin de Valser Rhein nn Valser Rhinen ... more details
File Kiso River from Sarubami Castle 2010 11 23.jpg thumb 250px right Japan Rhine seen from Sarubami Castle The Japan Rhine Japanese language Japanese refers to the valley of the Kiso River Japanese between Minokamo, Gifu Minokamo , Gifu Prefecture Gifu and Inuyama, Aichi Inuyama , Aichi Prefecture Aichi , Japan . It was named so by Shiga Shigetaka Japanese in 1913. The length of the Japan Rhine is about 13 km. Boat tour along the Japan Rhine is available. ref http www.kisogawa kankou.com line.html ref References reflist See also Kiso River Rhine Category River valleys Category Geography of Japan ja ... more details
Expand German Rotbach Rhein topic geo date October 2011 Infobox river name Rotbach image name image size image alt caption image map map size map alt map caption origin mouth progression basin countries Germany location North Rhine Westphalia length elevation mouth elevation discharge watershed river system left tribs right tribs Rotbach is a river of North Rhine Westphalia , Germany . See also List of rivers of North Rhine Westphalia coord missing North Rhine Westphalia Category Rivers of North Rhine Westphalia NorthRhineWestphalia geo stub de Rotbach Rhein ru ... more details
Switzerland related Infobox river name Avers Rhine image name Averser Rhein im Ferreratal 1827.jpg image size 320 caption The Avers Rhine in Val Ferrera valley, lithograph from 1827 location Graub nden basin countries Switzerland progression Hinterrhein Rhine North Sea river system Rhine watershed km2 261 discharge m3 s 11.5 origin Confluence of Bergalgabach and Jufer Rhine Coords 46 24 3 N 9 32 56 E display title,inline type waterbody region CH GR elevation m 2500 mouth Confluence with Hinterrhein in Andeer Coords 46 34 59 N 9 25 20 E display inline type waterbody region CH GR mouth elevation m 1075 reservoirs Innerferrarra reservoir left tribs Bergalgabach, Madrischer Rhein, Reno di Lei, Ual da Niemet right tribs Jufer Rhind, Ava da Starlera, Ava da Mulegn The Avers Rhine lang de Averserrhein , lang rm Ragn da Ferrera is a tributary of the Hinterrhein in the Switzerland Swiss Canton of Graub nden . Course Image Picswiss GR 15 01.jpg thumb right 400px The source of the Jufer Rhine at Juf , the highest situated permanently inhabited settlement in Europe It rises in Avers GR Avers at the confluence of the Bergalgabach with the slightly smaller Jufer Rhine. The Jufer Rhine rises in, and is named after, Juf , the highest permanent settlement in Europe, near the border with Albula district Albula district. From this confluence, the Avers Rhine descends through a deep gorge, spanned ... Rhine. After a few kilometers, it is joined from the left by the Reno di Lei , which flows almost ... which creates it, which was erected on Swiss territory. The Avers Rhine continues its way through ... Ausserferrera lang rm Farera , the glacial valley is flanked by steep rocky slopes. The Avers Rhine ... largest headwater of the Avers Rhine Madrish Rhine lang rm gua da Madris Reno di Lei Ual da Niemet Right tributaries ref name TK25 Jufer Rhine Maleggabach Ava da Starlera Ava da Mulegn Aua Granda Information source Equivalent German Footnotes references Category Rhine Category Alpine Rhine basin ... more details
File Oberrheingraben NASA 250.jpg thumb Satellite View of the Upper Rhine Valley and the upper Rhine ... rhine at Mannheim 8.JPG thumb Sunset on the Rhine at Mannheim File Rhein Mainz German.jpg thumb The Rhine at Mainz Theodor Heuss Bridge Mainz Wiesbaden Theodor Heuss Bridge in Mainz File Rhein Karte.png thumb Map of the Rhine, Upper Rhine marked in green File SchiffeMaxau.jpg thumb near Karlsruhe The Upper Rhine lang de Oberrhein is the section of the Rhine in the Upper Rhine Plain between Basel , Switzerland and Bingen am Rhein Bingen , Germany . The river is marked by Rhine kilometers 170 to 529 the scale beginning in Konstanz and ending in Rotterdam . The Upper Rhine is one of four sections High Rhine , Upper Rhine , Middle Rhine , Lower Rhine of the river between Lake Constance and the North Sea. Countries and states along the Upper Rhine are Switzerland, France Alsace and the German ... are Basel , Mulhouse , Strasbourg , Mannheim , Ludwigshafen and Mainz . The Upper Rhine was River ... between 1928 and 1977. The Treaty of Versailles allows France to use the Upper Rhine for hydroelectricity ... and Hesse . The first few kilometers are in the Swiss city of Basel . Geology Main Rhine Rift Formation ... and Palatinate Forest . During the tertiary , the High Rhine continued West from Basel and flowed via the Doubs and the Sa ne , into the Rh ne . The rift diverted the Rhine into the newly formed Upper Rhine Valley. The Rhine knee at Basel marks the transition from the High Rhine to the Upper Rhine with a change ... high Rhine cuesta landscape to the wide rift zone of the Upper Rhine Rift Valley. The two largest ... corner of the Upper Rhine Valley, at Rhine kilometer 529.1, near Bingen, where the Nahe river Nahe flows into the Rhine, the Rhine flows into a gorge in the Rhenish Massif and thereby changes into the Middle Rhine ref http www2.hmuelv.hessen.de umwelt wasser wrrl stadtlandfluss oberrhein Hessian ..., Louis XIV started a program to move the Upper Rhine, change its course and drain the flood plain , in order ... more details
Infobox football biography name Bobby Rhine fullname Bobby Rhine image File Bobby Rhine FC Dallas 2007 04 29.jpg 200px Bobby Rhine caption birth date Birth date 1976 4 18 death date Death date and age 2011 9 5 1976 4 18 death place Florida birth place Florissant, Missouri , United States height height ft 5 in 11 position striker Forward youthyears1 1994 1998 youthclubs1 Connecticut Huskies years1 1999 ... 23 goals2 0 goals3 1 goals4 0 Bobby Rhine April 18, 1976 September 5, 2011 was an American soccer player who last played for FC Dallas of Major League Soccer . Rhine played college soccer at the University ... 1 soccer jeff dimaria summer school Uconn s Rhine To Redshirt So He Can Focus On Master s ref In 1998 ..., the Dallas Burn selected Rhine in the first round sixth overall in the 1999 MLS College Draft . During his Dallas career, Rhine filled a variety of positions as an on and off starter, usually playing ... and added another goal in the playoffs. In eight MLS seasons, Rhine s regular season totals stand ... stats.tenstax.html 2000 Tennessee Rhythm ref Rhine played his final career game against Los Angeles Galaxy on October 26, 2008, a game in which normal team captain Duilio Davino insisted Rhine take the captain s armband. Rhine retired at the end of the 2008 season. Upon retiring, he accepted the position of Manager of Community Development with the FC Dallas front office. In addition, Rhine also ... vacationing with his family in Florida, Rhine died from a sudden heart attack at the age of 35. ref cite web url http espn.go.com blog dallas soccer post id 13390 bobby rhine dies of heart attack title Bobby Rhine, 35, dies of heart attack publisher ESPN Dallas accessdate 2011 09 06 last Carrick first Buzz ref References Reflist See also Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Rhine, Bobby ... Destin, Florida DEFAULTSORT Rhine, Bobby Category 1976 births Category 2011 deaths Category American ... Category Tennessee Rhythm players Category USL A League players it Bobby Rhine nl Bobby Rhine ... more details
RAF Rhine was the name of the Royal Air Force command that comprised units posted to Germany in 1918 as part of the occupying forces following World War I . The RAF presence in Germany was wound down to a single squadron No. 12 Squadron RAF and RAF Rhine was disbanded on 2 October 1919. After RAF Rhine disbanded the remaining units were directly under command of the Army of Occupation. RAF Rhine continued to be listed in AFL until at least Jul 1922. Headquarters was at Bickendorf , Germany . Commanders 4 Jan 1919 Maj Gen Sir John Higgins 7 May 1919 Maj Gen Sir John Salmond External links http www.rafweb.org Command Dev.htm RAFWeb Category Royal Air Force commands RAF stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Dablink For other uses of Nette see Nette . The following few lines create the Infobox table template. Please scroll down to edit the main content of the article. Infobox river name Nette image name Mayen Nette1 Bubo.JPG image size image alt The Nette at Mayen. caption The Nette at Mayen. image map map size map alt map caption origin coord 50 26 0.8 N 7 5 23.7 E name Modau source mouth coord 50 25 42 N 7 26 56 E name Modau mouth basin countries progression Rhine North Sea length 59.1 km elevation 562 m mouth elevation 59 m discharge watershed 372.398 km river system Rhine left tribs right tribs End Infobox template table The Nette is a small river in Rhineland Palatinate , Germany , a left tributary of the Rhine . It rises in the Eifel , south of N rburg . The Nette flows east through Mayen before reaching the Rhine between Wei enthurm and Andernach . Nette gives her name to one of the K nigsbacher Pils beers. Rhine Tributaries Category Rivers of Rhineland Palatinate Category Rhine basin RhinelandPalatinate geo stub da Nette de Nette Mittelrhein mk no Nette nn Nette ved Rhinen pl Nette ru ... more details
Infobox River river name Lauter image name Scheibenhard Lauter 273.jpg caption origin Pf lzerwald mouth Rhine br coord 48 59 6 N 8 16 4 E name Rhine Lauter display inline,title basin countries Germany , France length 55 km elevation discharge watershed The Lauter in its upper course also Wieslauter is a river in Germany and France , left tributary of the Rhine . Its length is 55 km. It is formed by the confluence of two headstreams Scheidbach and Wartenbach north of Hinterweidenthal in the Pf lzerwald , Rhineland Palatinate , Germany. It flows through Dahn , crosses the border with France, flows through Wissembourg , and then forms the French German international boundary until its confluence with the Rhine near Lauterbourg and Neuburg am Rhein . See also Lines of Wissembourg References http www.geoportail.fr http sandre.eaufrance.fr app chainage courdo htm A38 0200.php?cg A38 0200 The Lauter at the Sandre database Rhine Tributaries Category Rivers of Rhineland Palatinate Category Rivers of France Category Rhine basin da Lauter Wieslauter de Lauter Rhein fr Lauter rivi re no Lauter nn Lauter ved Rhinen ru ... more details
The Rhine Glacier was a glacier during the Last glacial period which is responsible for the formation of the Lake Constance . ref cite book last Shirley first Martha Lou title Deltas in Their Geologic Framework year 1966 publisher Houston Geological Society location Houston, Texas oclc 491277 asin B000BWESNW page 109 ref References reflist coord missing Switzerland Category Glaciers of Switzerland Category Rhine switzerland geo stub de Rheingletscher nn Rhinbreen ... more details
The Rhine Gate in German language German Rheintor is a former city gate in the ancient Basel City Walls city walls of Basel , Switzerland . It had been pulled down in 1839 , about twenty years before three other gateways and the city walls were pulled down. The position of the Rhine Gate was at the Rhine bridge on the western river bord. coord 47 33 35 N 7 35 19 E region CH BS type landmark source dewiki display title Category Gates Category Buildings and structures in Basel als Rheintor Basel de Rheintor Basel ... more details
, through the municipalities of Buch SH Buch and Ramsen SH Ramsen . It flows into the Rhine ... flows into the Rhine image Bibertal.JPG View of Biber Valley in the Hegau from the Buchemer S ntis ... River Switzerland Thur , crossed the Rhine and gradually followed the Biber upstream. Notes Equivalent German Rhine Tributaries Category Rhine Category Rhine basin Category Rivers of Europe Category Rivers of Baden W rttemberg Category Rivers of Switzerland Category Tributaries of the Rhine de Biber ... more details
Dablink For other uses of Elz see Elz . Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox River river name Elz image name Elz schwarzwald.png caption origin Black Forest mouth Rhine br Coord 48 22 59 N 7 43 57 E display inline,title basin countries Germany length 90 km elevation discharge watershed The Elz is a river in Baden W rttemberg , Germany , a right tributary of the Rhine . It rises in the Black Forest , near the source of the Breg River Breg . The Elz flows through Elzach , Waldkirch and Emmendingen before reaching the Rhine near Lahr . Its length is approx. convert 90 km 0 abbr on . The lower reaches of the Elz are by passed by the Leopold Canal Baden W rttemberg Leopold Canal , a flood relief canal. Tributaries Dreisam Glotter Gutach Rhine Tributaries Category Rivers of Baden W rttemberg Category Rhine basin BadenWurttemberg geo stub als Elz Schwarzwald da Elz ved Rhinen de Elz Rhein es R o Elz eo Elz Nigra Arbaro fr Elz Rhin mk no Elz Rhinen nn Elz ved Rhinen ro Elz Rin ru uk ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Image Duisburg Rheinorange.jpg thumb right Larger image Rheinorange Rhine Orange is the name of a sculpture erected in Duisburg Neuenkamp in 1992 at the point where the Ruhr river Ruhr flows into the Rhine at Rheinkilometer 780 , i.e. 780 km from the source of the Rhine. It was constructed from steel by the sculptor de Lutz Fritsch Lutz Fritsch from K ln . It is 25 m tall, 7 m wide and 1 m thick, and weights 83 tonnes. The cost was over 400.000 DM, which was donated by IHK Niederrhein after an initiative by employees. The name Rheinorange is actually a play on words. It sounds like Reinorange pure orange which is a color under the RAL color space system RAL classification system. The sculpture is intended to form a landmark . The mouth of the river, the largest inland harbour in Europe, the most important steel district in Europe, a base for technology with a future, the Lehmbruck Museum as an important gallery for modern sculpture in Europe, are all intended to be connected with each other in representing aspects of the economic and cultural life of Duisburg . The Rhine Orange is a feature on the Industrial Heritage Route . Gallery gallery Image Ruhrm ndung in den Rhein mit Rheinorange.jpg The Ruhr flows into the Rhine Image Rheinorange Skulptur.jpg The Rheinorange sculpture gallery External links This is a translation of a de Rheinorange German article on Wikipedia coord 51 26 58.33 N 6 43 21.11 E type landmark region DE NW source dewiki display title Category Duisburg Category Rhine Category Ruhr Industrial Heritage Trail Category Outdoor sculptures in Germany Category Buildings and structures in North Rhine Westphalia NorthRhineWestphalia struct stub de Rheinorange nl Rheinorange pnb ... more details
Canton of Graub nden is generally regarded as the source of the Rhine . Its outflow is called Rein da Tuma and after a few kilometers, it forms the Vorderrhein English Anterior Rhine Romansh language ... plant and flows into the Rhine at Ilanz . The river begins to be called Rhine in the vicinity ... name, one strand or another may be called the source. Determining the source of the Rhine is difficult, because in the river system of the Anterior and Posterior Rhine, there are many headwaters ... before the influx of the Walser . Rhine sources by name Image Rhine source.JPG thumb Sign source of the Rhine ... rivers ref indicate a point North of Lake Toma and the Rein da Tuma as the source of the Rhine and also ..., East of the Rheinwaldhorn . In the area of the headwaters of the Rhine there is this situation that the term Rhine is used is part of the name of many rivers, in many different spellings, such as Rhine , Rein , Rain , Ragn , Ren , Reno and Rin . Source of the Rhine according to maximum discharge ... river system and largest source of the Alpine Rhine If one were to use largest discharge as one s criterion for deciding which flow should be called Rhine , one need not look at eastern Switzerland at all, since the Aar has a larger discharge then the Rhine at the confluence. However, in the rest ... of the Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein forming the Rhine at Reichenau, the average of the Vorderrhein is 53.8 ... at the top of Dischma valley, far away from greater rivers bearing the name Rhine . The current ... and released in a neighbouring valley near Aeua in the Klosters area. Source of the Rhine by length Near the source of the Rhine at Lake Toma , there is a well known sign with the erroneous ... Toma. This number appears to be the result of transposing digits, as the length of the Rhine is about ... Pard , the mouth most distant source of both the Vorderrhein river system and the Rhine system ... About 61 km Madrischer Rhine About 56 km The Ava da Ravais, headwater of the Albula river ... more details
dablink For the Rhine gorge in Switzerland see Ruinaulta . Infobox World Heritage Site WHS Upper Middle Rhine Valley Image Image Mittelrhein Burg Katz.jpg 300px St. Goarshausen, castle Katz with Loreley rock in the Rhineland Palatinate State Party Germany Type Cultural Criteria ii, iv, v ID 1066 Region List of World Heritage Sites in Europe Europe Year 2002 Session 26th Link http whc.unesco.org en list 1066 File Karte Mittelrhein.png thumb Map of the Middle Rhine Valley The Rhine Gorge is a popular name for the Upper Middle Rhine Valley , a 65 km section of the River Rhine between Koblenz and Bingen am Rhein Bingen in Germany . It was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in June 2002 for a unique combination of geological, historical, cultural and industrial reasons. The region s rocks were laid down in the Devonian period and are known as Rhenish Facies . This is a fossil bearing ... region Mittelrhein , but the southernmost parts of the Rhine Gorge fall in Rheingau wine region Rheingau ... of the Rhine features strongly in folklore , such as a legendary castle on the Rhine being the setting for the opera G tterd mmerung . The annual Rhine in Flames festivals include spectacular firework ... 600px Middle rhine valley nearby Oberwesel Gallery gallery Image Mittelrhein Burg Katz.jpg View ... Koblenz im Buga Jahr 2011 Deutsches Eck 01.jpg Deutsches Eck , at the confluence of Rhine and Moselle ... of the Rhine romanticism Image Marksburg.jpg Marksburg Castle, the only hilltop castle in the Middle Rhine Valley that was never destroyed Image Loreley rhine valley wp d schmidt 08 07.jpg View from the left bank of the Rhine near St. Goar on the Lorelei Image Mittelrheintal Briefmarke.jpg ... Kaub fg02.jpg Middle Rhine Valley at Kaub Image Buga 2011 Koblenz Rheinseilbahn 07 2010.jpg Rhine Cable Railway at Koblenz Image Koblenz im Buga Jahr 2011 Rheinseilbahn 02.jpg View of Koblenz ... World Heritage Sites in Germany Category Geography of Rhineland Palatinate Category Rhine Category ... more details
Refimprove date June 2008 Infobox waterfall name Rheinfall photo Rhine Falls.jpg photo caption location Near Schaffhausen flagicon Switzerland br Canton of Schaffhausen br & Canton of Z rich coords watercourse Rhine type Segmented Block height 23 m 75 ft width 150 m 450 ft number drops average flow rate 700 m s world rank The Rhine Falls Rheinfall in German language German is the largest plain waterfall ... swissworld.org ref The falls are located on the Upper Rhine between the municipalities of Neuhausen ... s that are able to worm their way up over the rocks. Geology File Rhine Falls2.jpg thumb left 200px The Rhine Falls seen from the Rhine The Rhine Falls were formed in the last ice age , approximately ... approximately 132,000 years ago, the Rhine flowed westwards from Schaffhausen past Klettgau . This earlier ... southwards at Schaffhausen and formed a new channel, which also filled up with gravel. Part of the Rhine today includes this ancient riverbed. During the Last glacial period W rm glaciation , the Rhine ... little over the years because relatively little sediment comes down the Rhine from Lake Constance ... such station at the Rhine Falls must serve the economic interest of the public . ref Uehlinger ... Rhine to the present day. ref Alfred Barthelme 1988 Landschaft Lebensraum des Menschen S. 165 ... schaffhausen rhine falls schloss worth ch sh sw.htm ref Boat trips can be taken up the Rhine to the falls ... built on both sides of the Rhine. These are reached via steep and narrow stairs. Guided tours of various ... in Schloss Laufen, Schloss W rth and the Rheinfall park. The Rhine Falls are easily accessible by car ... have been awed by the Rhine Falls for centuries. In the 19th century, the painter J. M. W. Turner ... references External links commonscat Rhine Falls http translate.googleusercontent.com translate ... http www.rheinfall.ch home?lang en US Rhine Falls official website http www.rheinfall.org www.rheinfall.org ... Rhinfossen pl Rheinfall ro Cascada Rinului ru simple Rhine Falls sv Rhenfallet ta ... more details
conventional long name Rhine Province common name Rhine Province subdivision Province nation Prussia year start 1822 year end 1946 p1 Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine flag p1 p2 Province of J lich Cleves Berg flag p2 s1 Saar League of Nations flag s1 Flag of Saar 1920 1935.svg s2 North Rhine Westphalia flag s2 Flag of North Rhine Westphalia state .svg s3 Rhineland Palatinate flag s3 Flag of Rhineland Palatinate.svg s4 Hesse flag s4 Flag of Hesse.svg today North Rhine Westphalia br Rhineland ... map caption The Rhine Province red , within the Kingdom of Prussia , within the German Empire capital ... br Koblenz region Koblenz br Trier region Trier The Rhine Province lang de Rheinprovinz , also known ... Reich , from 1822 1946. It was created from the provinces of the Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine Lower Rhine and Province of J lich Cleves Berg J lich Cleves Berg . Its capital was Koblenz and in 1939 ... of the Rhine Province. The Rhine Province bounded on the north by the Netherlands , on the east ... to the Rhine Province, which, on the other hand, surrounded the Oldenburg district Oldenburg principality ... km. It included about 200 km. of the course of the Rhine, which formed the eastern frontier ... in a north westerly direction. ref name eb1911 Cite EB1911 W1EC 1 wstitle Rhine Province ref Image Rheinland 1905.png thumb 350px Rhine Province, 1905 Demographics The population of the Rhine province ... resided smaller French speaking communities. The Rhine province was the most densely populated part ... im Buga Jahr 2011 Rheinanlagen 09.jpg thumb 200px Former Prussian government building of the Rhine ... garrisoned, and the Rhine was guarded by the three strong fortresses of Cologne with Deutz, Coblenz ... house of representatives. ref name eb1911 Economy Agriculture Of the total area of the Rhine ... 30000 acre km2 , about half of which was in the valley of the Mosel, a third in that of the Rhine itself ... in tanning. Considerable herds of cattle were reared on the rich pastures of the lower Rhine, but the number ... more details
About the Cincinnati neighborhood the Ohio based band Over the Rhine band Infobox NRHP name Over the Rhine Historic District nrhp type hd area convert 3625 acre km2 image Over the Rhine montage.jpg caption ... nris refnum 83001985 ref name nris Over the Rhine , sometimes shortened to OTR , is a neighborhood ... States. ref name Guide to OTR Architecture Over the Rhine Foundation. http www.otrfoundation.org architecture.php Guide to OTR Architecture . Accessed on 2009 08 13. ref Over the Rhine was added ... begins in over the rhine ref ref http www.lonelyplanet.com usa travel tips and articles 76941 ... Over the Rhine Chamber of Commerce, http www.otrchamber.com content.jsp?articleId 158 Over the Rhine ... within Cincinnati. ref cincy.com http www.cincy.com home neighborhoods parms 1 hood over the rhine bucket arts play.html Over the Rhine Arts & Play , Cincy.com, Accessed on 2009 08 19 ref Over the Rhine ... West End . Over the Rhine was voted best Cincinnati neighborhood in CityBeat s Best of Cincinnati 2011 ... the area from downtown Cincinnati. The canal was nickname d the Rhine in reference to the RhineRhine River in Germany , and the newly settled area north of the canal as Over the Rhine. ref name otr ... ber m Rhein. An early reference to the canal as the Rhine appears in the 1853 book White, Red ..., which is, therefore, here jocosely called the Rhine. ref Cite book last Pulszky first Francis ... exclusively as Over the Rhine. He noted, Germans and Americans alike love to call the district Over the Rhine. ref name kenny1875pg129 Kenny 1875 , pg. 129. ref The canal no longer exists, but was located at what is now Central Parkway. Geography Over the Rhine is believed to be the largest, most intact urban historic district in the United States. ref name Over the Rhine Foundation Over the Rhine Foundation. http www.otrfoundation.org architecture.php Guide to OTR Architecture ref Because of its size, Over the Rhine is home to several distinct districts. OTR is bisected by Liberty ... more details
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