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The Rhine

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The River Rhine is one of the major rivers of Europe -#8211; the only river that connects the Alps with the North Sea. It flows 1320 km from two small headstreams in the Alps of east-central Switzerland north and west to the North Sea, passing six countries (Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, France, Germany, and the Netherlands) and receiving tributaries from three more countries (Italy, Belgium, and Luxembourg). Since the Treaty of Vienna in 1815 and the Convention of Mannheim in 1868, the Rhine is an international waterway, navigable from the North Sea as far as Rheinfelden on the Swiss-German border. Its catchment area, including the delta area, exceeds 185000 km2.

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  1. Riouwstraat 136, 2585 HH, Den Haag, The Netherlands

    Walter Jülich

  2. Tannenweg 15, 53340, Meckenheim, Germany

    Klaus Lindner

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Jülich, W., Lindner, K. Hydrology. In: Knepper, T.P. (eds) The Rhine. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 5L. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_5_034

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