Lower Rhine

Lower Rhine

The Lower Rhine ( _de. Niederrhein, kilometers 660 to 1,033 of the Rhine River) flows from Bonn, Germany, to the North Sea. Almost immediately after entering the Netherlands, the Rhine splits into many branches.

The main branch is called the 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 ancient main branch of the Rhine, which flows past Arnhem; splits of the IJssel which flows into the IJsselmeer and splits into the Kromme Rijn and the Lek River at Wijk bij Duurstede. The Lek rivers flows into the Merwede. The Kromme Rijn continues past Utrecht, becomes the Leidse Rijn, the Oude Rijn and flows into the Northsea at Katwijk. There are even more minor branches that have their own names such as Vecht, Hollandse IJssel and the Noord river.

ee also

*Rhineland
*Upper Rhine
*Middle Rhine
*Nederrijn
*Low Rhenish


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Lower Rhine — Rhine River between Bonn, Germany and the North Sea coast of the Netherlands …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • Lower Rhine region (Germany) — What precisely is seen as Lower Rhine, and where in the South the region end, varies a bit between individual aspects. As the Region can be defined geographically, lingustically, culturally, by economic and traffic relations of centuries, and by… …   Wikipedia

  • Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine — Infobox Former Subdivision native name = Großherzogtum Niederrhein conventional long name = Grand Duchy of the Lower Rhine common name = Lower Rhine subdivision = Province nation=Prussia year start =1815 year end = 1822 previous states =… …   Wikipedia

  • Rhine — Infobox River | river name = River Rhine caption = The Rhine is one of the most important rivers in Europe origin = Grisons, Switzerland mouth = North Sea coord|51|58|52|N|4|5|35|E|name=North Sea Rhine|display=inline,title basin countries =… …   Wikipedia

  • Lower Left Rhine Railway — Cologne–Nijmegen Route number: 495, 450.11 Line number …   Wikipedia

  • Rhine Province — Infobox Former Subdivision native name = Rheinprovinz 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 …   Wikipedia

  • RHINE —    one of the chief rivers of Europe; of several small Alpine head streams, the Nearer and the Farther Rhine are the two principal, issuing from the eastern flanks of Mount St Gothard; a junction is formed at Reichenau, whence the united stream… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Lower Silesian-Mark Railway — Trunk line from 1875 Route number …   Wikipedia

  • Lower Saxony — The subject of this article was previously also known as Saxony. For other uses, see Saxony (disambiguation). Lower Saxony Niedersachsen (German) Neddersassen (Low Saxon)   State of Germany   …   Wikipedia

  • Rhine River — German Rhein River, western Europe. Rising in the Swiss Alps, it flows north and west through western Germany to drain through the delta region of The Netherlands into the North Sea. It is 820 mi (1,319 km) long and navigable for 540 mi (870 km) …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”