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.

Grand Duchy of Baden → hasTerritorialFeature → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Nine Years' War → hasTheatre → Rhine ⓘ

Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta → hydrologicalSystem → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine basin

Zihlkanal → hydrologicalSystem → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine basin

Ruhr → isRightTributaryOf → Rhine ⓘ

Rhine → languageNameGerman → Rhine self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhein

Rhine–Main–Danube Canal → linksRiverSystem → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine basin

Rhine Railway → locatedAlong → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Duisburg → locatedAtConfluenceOf → Rhine ⓘ

Moselle River → locatedInDrainageBasin → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine basin

Edesheim, Electoral Palatinate → locatedNear → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Karlsruhe → locatedNear → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Duisburg → locatedOn → Rhine ⓘ

Eurodistrict Strasbourg-Ortenau → locatedOn → Rhine ⓘ

Roman fort Traiectum → locatedOn → Rhine ⓘ

subject surface form: Traiectum

this entity surface form: river Rhine

Utrecht → locatedOn → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: River Rhine basin

Arnhem → locatedOnRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Bad Honnef → locatedOnRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Bonn → locatedOnRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Cologne → locatedOnRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Düsseldorf → locatedOnRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Left Bank of the Rhine → locatedOnRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Oggersheim → locatedOnRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Rhens → locatedOnRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Strasbourg is seat of the Council of Europe → locatedOnRiver → Rhine ⓘ

subject surface form: Strasbourg

Strasbourg → locatedOnRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Upper Middle Rhine Valley World Heritage Site → locatedOnRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Crossing of the Rhine → location → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Grand Duchy of Hesse → majorRiver → Rhine ⓘ

North Sea drainage basin → majorRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Roman Empire → majorRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Upper Rhine metropolitan region → majorRiver → Rhine ⓘ

Moselle River → majorTributaryOf → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Volkerakdam → managesWaterFrom → Rhine ⓘ

Moselle River → mouth → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Sieg → mouthLocation → Rhine ⓘ

Aare → mouthOfWaterBody → Rhine ⓘ

Lahn → mouthOfWaterBody → Rhine ⓘ

Main → mouthOfWaterBody → Rhine ⓘ

Murg → mouthOfWaterBody → Rhine ⓘ

Neckar → mouthOfWaterBody → Rhine ⓘ

Ruhr → mouthOfWaterBody → Rhine ⓘ

Rhineland → namedAfter → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Vaartsche Rijn → namedAfter → Rhine ⓘ

Waldfriedhof Rhöndorf → near → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

GelreDome stadium → nearbyRiver → Rhine ⓘ

subject surface form: GelreDome

Roman navy → operatedIn → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

A35 → parallelTo → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River (in parts)

A35 motorway (France) → parallelTo → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine River

Aare basin → partOf → Rhine ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rhine basin