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Curious about a Rhine River cruise? Check out our Rhine River cruise map, detailing the waterway's port highlights, and other important information.
The Rhine River is one of the major rivers of Europe with its length of 1 230 km (760 mi). The river has also a very important role in the European economy. It is located in the center of the European Megalopolis (also known as the Blue Banana) and it is a very important artery transport.
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A map of the River Rhine. The Rhine River (German: Rhein, French: Rhin, Dutch: Rijn) is 1,230 kilometres (760 mi) long. Its name comes from the Celtic word "renos", which means 'raging flow'. The Rhine is an important waterway. 883 kilometres (549 mi) can be used by ships, and boats can go to the Black Sea using the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal.
Key Tributaries: The Thur, Töss, Glatt, Aare and the Wutach. Basin area: 185,000 km². Countries within: Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France & The Netherlands. Basin Population: 48.731 million. Discharge: 2,000 m³/s. Map showing the Course of the Rhine W. Wasser (2017) CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rising in the Swiss Alps, it flows north and west through western Germany to drain through the delta region of the Netherlands into the North Sea. It is 820 mi (1,320 km) long, though in 2010 a length of 765 mi (1,230 km) was proposed; it is navigable for 540 mi (870 km).
Rhine River - Europe, Tributaries, Navigation: The effects of rivers on the regions through which they flow tend to alternate between trends toward unifying the regions culturally and politically and making a political boundary of the river. Of this phenomenon the Rhine is a classic example. During prehistoric times the same culture groups existed on both banks; similarly, in early historic ...
