Lower Rhine

Lower Rhine (Niederrhein)
Lower Rhine at Düsseldorf
Sections of the Rhine:
  Lower Rhine
Location
CountryGermany
StatesNorth Rhine-Westphalia
DistrictsBonn, Cologne, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Kleve, Krefeld, Leverkusen, Mettmann, Rhein-Erft, Rhein-Kreis Neuss, Rhein-Lahn, Rhein-Sieg, Wesel
CountryThe Netherlands
ProvincesGelderland, South Holland, Utrecht
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBetween Bad Godesberg and Bonn-Oberkassel, continuation of the Middle Rhine
 • coordinates50°42′20″N 7°9′46.2″E / 50.70556°N 7.162833°E / 50.70556; 7.162833
 • elevation61 m
Mouth 
 • location
Hook of Holland, North Sea
 • coordinates
51°58′53.3″N 4°4′50.99″E / 51.981472°N 4.0808306°E / 51.981472; 4.0808306
 • elevation
0 m
Length373 km (232 mi), 205.5 km (127.7 mi) without the Nederrijn
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftErft, Kalflack, Meuse
 • rightDüssel, Emscher, Lippe, Ruhr, Sieg, Wupper

Lower Rhine (German: Niederrhein, pronounced [ˈniːdɐˌʁaɪn] ; kilometres[a] 660 to 1,033 of the Rhine)[2] refers to the section of the Rhine between Bonn in Germany and the North Sea at Hook of Holland in the Netherlands, including the Nederrijn (English: Nether Rhine) within the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta; alternatively, Lower Rhine may also refer to just the part upstream of Pannerdens Kop (km 660–865.5),[2] excluding the Nederrijn.[3][4]

It is the last of the four sections of the Rhine between Lake Constance and the North Sea (the others being the High Rhine, Upper Rhine and Middle Rhine).

  1. ^ "Rheinkilometrierung [Rhine kilometrage]" (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Leuchtfeuer am Niederrhein [Beacon on the Lower Rhine]" (in German). Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Lower Rhine". www.iksr.org. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  4. ^ Gerlach, Renate; Meurers-Balke, Jutta; Kalis, Arie J. (2022). "The Lower Rhine (Germany) in Late Antiquity: a time of dissolving structures". Netherlands Journal of Geosciences. 101: e14. doi:10.1017/njg.2022.11. ISSN 0016-7746.


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