Emscher

E524728
river

The Emscher is a river in Germany’s Ruhr industrial region, historically known for its heavy pollution and extensive canalization before major ecological restoration efforts.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Emscher canonical 5
Emscher River 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
basinCountry Germany ⓘ
characteristic concrete riverbed in many sections ⓘ
extensively canalized ⓘ
heavily polluted in 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ
largely straightened ⓘ
country Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
environmentalIssue habitat degradation ⓘ
loss of natural floodplains ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
flowsThrough Bottrop NERFINISHED ⓘ
Castrop-Rauxel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dortmund NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duisburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Essen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gelsenkirchen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Herne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oberhausen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Recklinghausen NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalUse industrial wastewater disposal ⓘ
sewage drainage ⓘ
length approximately 83 km ⓘ
locatedIn North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Ruhr area NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ruhr industrial region NERFINISHED ⓘ
state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy Emschergenossenschaft NERFINISHED ⓘ
mouthOfWaterBody Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Rhine river basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
restorationGoal creation of new habitats ⓘ
improvement of water quality ⓘ
return to near-natural river state ⓘ
restorationMeasure construction of underground sewers ⓘ
floodplain restoration ⓘ
re-meandering of river course ⓘ
removal of concrete riverbeds in sections ⓘ
restorationStart early 1990s ⓘ
riverMouthLocatedIn Duisburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceRegion Eastern Ruhr area NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf Emscher restoration program NERFINISHED ⓘ
tributary Boye NERFINISHED ⓘ
Deininghauser Bach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kleine Emscher NERFINISHED ⓘ
Schwarzbach (Emscher) ⓘ
tributaryOf Rhine NERFINISHED ⓘ
underwent large-scale ecological restoration ⓘ
renaturation projects ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Ruhr area → hasRiver → Emscher ⓘ
Dortmund → river → Emscher ⓘ
Gelsenkirchen → locatedOn → Emscher ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emscher River
Bottrop → locatedOnRiver → Emscher ⓘ
Bochum → hasRiver → Emscher ⓘ
Essen → river → Emscher ⓘ
Oberhausen → locatedOn → Emscher ⓘ
this entity surface form: Emscher River