Rhine

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river transboundary river

The Rhine is one of Europe's most important rivers, historically serving as a vital trade route and cultural boundary from the Alps through Germany to the North Sea.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form	Occurrences
Rhine River	27
Rhine basin	10
Rhein	2
Rhine river system	2
Delta Rhine	1
High Rhine	1
Lower Rhine	1
Middle Rhine	1
Rhine River (in parts)	1
Rhine River basin	1
Rhine River, Germany	1
River Rhine	1
River Rhine basin	1
Upper Rhine	1
river Rhine	1

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river ⓘ transboundary river ⓘ
basinCountry	Austria ⓘ Belgium ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Liechtenstein ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
borderFunction	forms part of the border between France and Germany ⓘ forms part of the border between Switzerland and Germany ⓘ
connectedByCanal	Grand Canal d’Alsace ⓘ Rhine–Herne Canal ⓘ Rhine–Main–Danube Canal ⓘ
conservationEffort	Rhine Action Programme ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
countryTraversed	Austria ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Liechtenstein ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ Switzerland ⓘ
drainageBasinArea	about 185000 km² ⓘ
ecologicalIssue	habitat loss ⓘ industrial pollution ⓘ
economicUse	freight transport ⓘ hydroelectric power generation ⓘ industrial waterway ⓘ
flowsThroughCity	Basel-Stadt ⓘ surface form: Basel Bonn ⓘ Cologne ⓘ Duisburg ⓘ Düsseldorf ⓘ Karlsruhe ⓘ Koblenz ⓘ Mainz ⓘ Mannheim ⓘ Rotterdam ⓘ Strasbourg ⓘ
hasSection	Alpine Rhine ⓘ Rhine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Delta Rhine Rhine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: High Rhine Rhine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lower Rhine Rhine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Middle Rhine Rhine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Upper Rhine
historicalRole	cultural boundary in Western Europe ⓘ major trade route in Europe ⓘ
internationalManagementBody	International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine ⓘ
languageNameDutch	Rijn ⓘ
languageNameFrench	Rhin ⓘ
languageNameGerman	Rhine self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Rhein
length	about 1230 km ⓘ about 760 miles ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Alps ⓘ Rhineland ⓘ surface form: Lower Rhine Plain Upper Rhine Plain ⓘ
majorPort	Duisburg ⓘ surface form: Port of Duisburg Rotterdam ⓘ surface form: Port of Rotterdam
majorTributary	Aare ⓘ Lahn ⓘ Main ⓘ Moselle River ⓘ surface form: Moselle Neckar ⓘ Ruhr ⓘ Sieg ⓘ
mouthCountry	Netherlands ⓘ
mouthLocation	North Sea ⓘ
navigable	yes ⓘ
notableFeature	Rhineland ⓘ surface form: Middle Rhine Valley
partOf	Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta ⓘ
sourceCountry	Switzerland ⓘ
sourceLocation	Alps ⓘ surface form: Swiss Alps
UNESCOStatus	Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site ⓘ

Referenced by (131)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rijn → EnglishName → Rhine ⓘ

Rijn → GermanName → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhein

Rhine Action Programme → appliesTo → Rhine ⓘ

Count Palatine of the Rhine → associatedWith → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Coldstream Guards → battleHonour → Rhine ⓘ

Irish Guards → battleHonour → Rhine ⓘ

King's Own Scottish Borderers (historical) → battleHonour → Rhine ⓘ

subject surface form: King's Own Scottish Borderers

Middlesex Regiment → battleHonour → Rhine ⓘ

Haut-Rhin → borderRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Bad Honnef → borderedBy → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Eifel Mountains → borderedBy → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Gaul → borderedBy → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Germania → borderedBy → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Amsterdam–Rhine Canal → connects → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Rhine–Main–Danube Canal → connects → Rhine ⓘ

Rhine–Herne Canal → connectsTo → Rhine ⓘ

Bas-Rhin → containsRiver → Rhine ⓘ

eastern France → containsRiver → Rhine ⓘ

subject surface form: Eastern France

Hesse → containsRiver → Rhine ⓘ

North Rhine-Westphalia → containsRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Lek → distributaryOf → Rhine ⓘ

Nieuwe Maas → distributaryOf → Rhine ⓘ

Waal → distributaryOf → Rhine ⓘ

Grand Canal d’Alsace → divertsWaterFrom → Rhine ⓘ

Jura Mountains → drainageBasin → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River basin

Lake Neuchâtel → drainageBasin → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine basin

Lake of Biel → drainageBasin → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine basin

German Central Uplands → drainedBy → Rhine ⓘ

Taunus region → drainedBy → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Aare basin → drainsInto → Rhine ⓘ

Aare → flowsInto → Rhine ⓘ

Ruhr → flowsInto → Rhine ⓘ

Limes Germanicus → follows → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Rhine

A35 motorway (France) → followsFeature → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Grand Canal d’Alsace → followsRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → formedByRiver → Rhine ⓘ

southern Germany → hasLandscapeFeature → Rhine ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Germany

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Hyperion → hasMainLocation → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Central Europe → hasMajorRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Germany → hasMajorRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Province of Utrecht → hasMajorRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Rhin → hasNameInEnglish → Rhine ⓘ

Alsace → hasRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Baden-Württemberg → hasRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Basel-Landschaft → hasRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Rhine → hasSection → Rhine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Rhine

Rhine → hasSection → Rhine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Upper Rhine

Rhine → hasSection → Rhine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Middle Rhine

Rhine → hasSection → Rhine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lower Rhine

Rhine → hasSection → Rhine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Delta Rhine