Ems (river)

Ems
Eems (Dutch, Low German), Iems (Westfalian), Oamse (Saterland Frisian), Amisia (Latin)
Ems; Eems (Dutch, Low German), Iems (Westfalian), Oamse (Saterland Frisian), Amisia (Latin)
	The Ems near Lingen
	River system of the Ems
Location
Country	Germany and Netherlands(part of watershed)
States	Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia
Region	Emsland
Cities	Rheda-Wiedenbrück; Gütersloh; Warendorf; Rheine; Lingen; Meppen; Papenburg; Leer; Emden;
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock
• coordinates	51°51′21″N 8°41′55″E / 51.85583°N 8.69861°E
• elevation	134 m (440 ft)
Mouth	Dollart Bay/North Sea
• location	Emden
• coordinates	53°19′32″N 7°14′41″E / 53.32556°N 7.24472°E
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	362.4 km (225.2 mi)
Basin size	17,934 km2 (6,924 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Emden
• average	80 m3/s (2,800 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Leda, Hase

The Ems (German: Ems; Dutch: Eems) is a river in northwestern Germany. It runs through the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, and discharges into the Dollart Bay which is part of the Wadden Sea. Its total length is 362.4 kilometres (225.2 mi).^[1] The state border between the Lower Saxon area of East Friesland (Germany) and the province of Groningen (Netherlands), whose exact course was the subject of a border dispute between Germany and the Netherlands (settled in 2014), runs through the Ems estuary.

^ ^a ^b Hydrographic Directory of the NRW State Office for Nature, the Environment and Consumer Protection (Gewässerverzeichnis des Landesamtes für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW 2010) (xls; 4.67 MB)

[DE-NW_GSK3C-1] Hydrographic Directory of the NRW State Office for Nature, the Environment and Consumer Protection (Gewässerverzeichnis des Landesamtes für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW 2010) (xls; 4.67 MB)

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