The Rhine (Romansh: Rein, German: Rhein, French: le Rhin, Dutch: Rijn) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubunden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-Liechtenstein border, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the Rhineland and eventually empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands. The biggest city on the river Rhine is Cologne, Germany with a population of more than 1,050,000 people. It is the second-longest river in Central and Western Europe (after the Danube), at about 1,230 km (760 mi),[note 2][note 1] with an average discharge of about 2,900 m3/s (100,000 cu ft/s).

The variant forms of the name of the Rhine in modern languages are all derived from the Gaulish name Renos, which was adapted in Roman-era geography (1st century BC) as Greek (Rhenos), Latin Rhenus.[note 3] The spelling with Rh- in English Rhine as well as in German Rhein and French Rhin is due to the influence of Greek orthography, while the vocalisation -i- is due to the Proto-Germanic adoption of the Gaulish name as *Rinaz, via Old Frankish giving Old English Rin, Old High German Rin, Dutch Rijn (formerly also spelled Rhijn)). The diphthong in modern German Rhein (also adopted in Romansh Rein, Rain) is a Central German development of the early modern period, the Alemannic name Ri(n) retaining the older vocalism,[note 4] as does Ripuarian Rhing, while Palatine has diphthongized Rhei, Rhoi. Spanish is with French in adopting the Germanic vocalism Rin-, while Italian, Occitan and Portuguese retain the Latin Ren-.

1. Do all modern languages spell the name of the Rhine the same way?
2. What continent is the Rhine in?
3. What country does it begin in?
4. What country does it end in?
5. What body of water does it end in?
6. What city is the largest one on the banks of the Rhine?
7. What country is that in?
8. Is the Rhine the largest river in Europe?
9. What number in ranking is it?
10. Which is first?

Provide a numbered list of answers.
1. definitely not
2. Europe
3. Switzerland
4. the Netherlands
5. the North Sea
6. Cologne
7. Germany
8. no
9. number two
10. r the Danube