Ems

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river

The Ems is a river in northwestern Germany that flows through several states before emptying into the North Sea.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	river →
basinCountry	Germany → Netherlands →
country	Germany →
crossesBorder	Germany–Netherlands border →
drainageBasin	North Sea basin →
emptiesInto	Dollart Bay → Wadden Sea →
flowsDirection	generally northward →
flowsIntoBodyOfWater	German Bight →
flowsThrough	Bremen → Hamburg → Hesse → Lower Saxony → Mecklenburg-Vorpommern → North Rhine-Westphalia →
hasAlternativeName	Eems →
hasEstuaryType	tidal estuary →
hasPort	Papenburg shipyard harbor → Port of Emden →
knownFor	ship transfer of large cruise ships from Papenburg →
languageOfAlternativeName	Dutch →
length	approximately 371 km →
locatedIn	North German Plain → northwestern Germany →
majorCityOnRiver	Emden → Lingen → Meppen → Papenburg → Rheine →
mouth	North Sea →
mouthLocation	Ems estuary →
navigable	yes →
partOf	Ems River Basin →
region	East Frisia → Emsland →
sourceCountry	Germany →
sourceLocation	Teutoburg Forest →
tributary	Aa → Ems-Vechte Canal → Hase → Leda → Werse →
usedFor	inland navigation → recreation → shipping →
waterwaySystem	Ems River waterway →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Groningen → Northern Germany → Westphalia →	majorRiver
Eemsdelta ("Ems estuary") → Emden ("River Ems") →	locatedOn
Eemskanaal ("river Ems") → Emsland ("River Ems") →	namedAfter
East Frisia ("Ems River") →	borderedBy
Eemsdelta →	bordersBodyOfWater
North Rhine-Westphalia →	containsRiver
Emsland ("Haren (Ems)") →	containsTown
Lower Saxony →	hasMajorRiver
North German Plain →	hasRiver
Ems ("Ems estuary") →	mouthLocation
Hase →	mouthOfWaterBody
Ems ("Ems River Basin") →	partOf
Emsland ("Ems basin") →	riverBasin
Emsland ("River Ems") →	traversedBy
Hase →	tributaryOf
Ems ("Ems River waterway") →	waterwaySystem