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Weser River

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A river of northern Germany formed by the union of two smaller rivers at Hann. Munden and flowing north to the North Sea near Bremerhaven. It has long been an important inland shipping route for the Bremen region.

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Bremen, Cities
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Weser (Wikipedia)
  • In Group: Rivers of Europe, lead paragraph: the longest river wholly in Germany, flows to the North Sea
  • On Continent: Europe, Introduction
    The river, when combined with the Werra (a dialectal form of Weser), is 744 km (462 mi) long and thus, the longest river entirely situated within Germany (the Main, however, is the longest if the Weser-Werra are considered separate).
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