One of Europe's great rivers, rising in the Swiss Alps and flowing roughly 1,230 kilometers through or along the borders of Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, France, Germany and the Netherlands to the North Sea. It has long been one of the busiest commercial waterways in Europe.
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The Rhine empties into the North Sea.
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The Rhine defines much of the Franco-German border.
Source Rhine (Wikipedia)
The Rhine defines much of the Franco-German border.
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The Rhine enters the Netherlands before emptying into the North Sea.
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The Rhine begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden.
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Wikidata: Rhine River
Rhine (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationOn Continent: Europe, Lead section
The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps.
Flows Through: Switzerland, Lead section
The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps.
Flows Through: Germany, Course section
After that, the Rhine defines much of the Franco-German border.
Flows Through: France, Course section
After that, the Rhine defines much of the Franco-German border.
Flows Through: Netherlands, Lead section
the Rhine turns to flow predominantly west to enter the Netherlands, eventually emptying into the North Sea.
Associated With: North Sea, Lead section
the Rhine turns to flow predominantly west to enter the Netherlands, eventually emptying into the North Sea.
Shaped By: Orogeny, Article body
From the Eocene onward, the ongoing Alpine orogeny caused a north-south rift system to develop in this zone.
Flows Into: North Sea, Infobox: mouth
North Sea
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