Ruhr

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river

The Ruhr is a river in western Germany that flows through the Ruhr industrial region before joining the Rhine.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Ruhr area 1
Ruhr river system 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWithIndustry coal mining ⓘ
heavy industry ⓘ
steel production ⓘ
basinPopulation densely populated industrial region ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
flowsInto Rhine ⓘ
flowsThrough Arnsberg ⓘ
Bochum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Duisburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Essen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hagen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mülheim an der Ruhr NERFINISHED ⓘ
Witten ⓘ
hasGermanName Ruhr self-link ⓘ
hasReservoir Baldeneysee ⓘ
Harkortsee ⓘ
Hengsteysee ⓘ
Harkortsee ⓘ
surface form: Kemnader See

Kettwiger See ⓘ
Möhne Dam ⓘ
surface form: Möhne Reservoir
hasTributary Henne ⓘ
Lenne ⓘ
Möhne River ⓘ
surface form: Möhne

Volme ⓘ
Wupper ⓘ
hasUse drinking water supply ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
industrial water supply ⓘ
recreation ⓘ
isRightTributaryOf Rhine ⓘ
languageOfName German ⓘ
length approximately 219 km ⓘ
locatedIn North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
Ruhr area ⓘ
surface form: Ruhr industrial region

western Germany ⓘ
mouthLocation near Duisburg ⓘ
near Ruhrort ⓘ
mouthOfWaterBody Rhine ⓘ
namedAfter Ruhr area ⓘ
surface form: Ruhr region
partOf Rhine–Meuse river system ⓘ
surface form: Rhine river system
passesThrough North Rhine-Westphalia ⓘ
riverBasinCountry Germany ⓘ
sourceCountry Germany ⓘ
sourceLocation Rothaar Mountains ⓘ
Sauerland ⓘ
waterQualityManagement Ruhrverband ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

this entity surface form: Ruhr area
Ruhr → hasGermanName → Ruhr self-link ⓘ
Duisburg → locatedOn → Ruhr ⓘ
Westphalia → majorRiver → Ruhr ⓘ
Rhine → majorTributary → Ruhr ⓘ
Sorpe Dam → partOf → Ruhr ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ruhr river system
Rijn → tributary → Ruhr ⓘ