Rhine River
Major German waterway
The Rhine River is a major European waterway flowing roughly 800 miles from the Swiss Alps through Germany and the Netherlands to the North Sea.
It has served as a commercial artery, military boundary, and cultural symbol throughout European history.
The Rhine Valley is famous for its castles, vineyards, and the Lorelei rock of German legend.
- tributaryStream entering larger river
- vineyardsLand cultivated for wine grapes
- LoreleiRhine rock or maiden
- GermanyCentral European nation
- Treaty of Westphalia1648 sovereignty-establishing peace
Cologne · old town · watershed · Roman Empire · shipping lanes · Rotterdam · border crossing · Basel · folklore · medieval trade routes · gorge · castles · Switzerland · delta · wine production · wine region · barges · bridges
- RhinelandCologne, Cologne Cathedral, Bonn, Dusseldorf, Koblenz
- Bonn RegionBonn
- NRWDortmund, Bonn, Essen, Teutoburg Forest
- Lower Rhinefloodplains, dikes, polders, flatlands, flood control
- Upper RhineAlsace, Baden, Strasbourg, Colmar, Basel
- ecologyhabitat, ecosystem, balance, niche, food webs
Rhine RiverDanube River
Central European major waterway
Volga River · Nile River · Amazon River · Tigris River · Mississippi River
Rhine RiverSahara Desert
Massive North African arid region
Alps · Matterhorn · Swiss Alps · Black Forest · Arabian Desert
Rhine Riverocean
Massive saltwater body
sea · lake · Atlantic Ocean · Mediterranean Sea · Pacific Ocean