Rhine River

The Rhine River (, , ) is  long. Its name comes from the Celtic word "renos", which means 'raging flow'.

The Rhine is an important waterway.  can be used by ships, and boats can go to the Black Sea using the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal. Many goods are transported over the Rhine, and the Rhine valley is also an important wine producing region. The river Rhine begins at Tomasee, a lake in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland, and runs through Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands. It is the border between Switzerland and Liechtenstein and also the border between Germany and France. It is also the border between Switzerland and Austria. It is also the border between the Netherlands and Germany. It is the border between France and Switzerland. It runs through Basel, Bonn, Cologne and Duisburg. It also separates the cities of Mainz and Wiesbaden. The Rhine has 50 species of fish. The Rhine is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe.

 Geography 
The river runs through only one lake on its way, Lake Constance, which is on the border of Switzerland, Germany and Austria.

The middle Rhine has many castles.  Robber barons used some of them during the 15th–18th centuries.  When the Industrial Revolution hit Europe, factories set up along its banks and emptied their waste into the River.  The Salmon left and other fish became rare.  After World War II, the Rhine Action Programme was set up to boost the Rhine's wildlife and reduce the pollution there.

Together with the Danube it formed most of the northern frontier of the Roman Empire.  

 List of features 

 Cities near the Rhine 
These are large cities that are found near the Rhine:

Switzerland:

 Basel

France:

 Strasbourg

Germany:

 Karlsruhe
 Mannheim
 Ludwigshafen
 Wiesbaden
 Mainz
 Koblenz
 Bonn
 Cologne
 Leverkusen
 Neuss
 Düsseldorf
 Krefeld (Uerdingen)
 Duisburg

Netherlands:

 Arnhem (Nederrijn)
 Nijmegen (Waal)
 Utrecht (Kromme Rijn)
 Rotterdam (Nieuwe Maas)

Smaller cities that are found near the Rhine:

Switzerland

 Chur
 Kreuzlingen
 Schaffhausen

Liechtenstein:

 Vaduz

Germany:

 Konstanz
 Breisach
 Speyer
 Worms
 Bingen am Rhein
 Rüdesheim am Rhein
 Neuwied
 Andernach
 Bad Honnef
 Königswinter
 Niederkassel
 Wesseling
 Dormagen
 Zons
 Monheim am Rhein
 Wesel
 Xanten
 Emmerich am Rhein

Netherlands:

 Zutphen (IJssel)
 Deventer (IJssel)
 Zwolle (IJssel)
 Kampen (IJssel)
 Leiden (Oude Rijn)
 Dordrecht (Merwede)
 Wageningen (Nederrijn)
 Woerden (Oude Rijn)
 Wijk bij Duurstede (Neder Rijn / Kromme Rijn / Lek)
 Alphen aan den Rijn (Oude Rijn)

 References

 Related pages 
Rhenium

Category:Rivers of Austria
Category:Rivers of Baden-Württemberg
Category:Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia
Category:Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
Category:Rivers of Liechtenstein
Category:Rivers of the Netherlands
Category:Rivers of Switzerland
Category:Vorarlberg
Category:Rivers of Grand Est
Category:Gelderland
Category:South Holland
Category:Utrecht (province)