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  1. Mar 12, 2024 · The length of the Rhine was long given as 820 miles (1,320 km), but in 2010 a shorter distance of about 765 miles (1,230 km) was proposed. An international waterway since the Treaty of Vienna in 1815, it is navigable overall for some 540 miles (870 km), as far as Rheinfelden on the Swiss-German border. Its catchment area, including the delta ...

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    13,000 m 3 /s (460,000 cu ft/s) [2] The Rhine [note 2] ( / raɪn / RYNE) [3] is one of the major European rivers. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, and Swiss-German borders. After that the Rhine defines much of the Franco-German border ...

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    Jun 28, 2021 · Overview. Rhine Falls or Rheinfall, Switzerland. The Rhine River is Europe’s 12th longest river and the longest in Western and Central Europe, covering a distance of 1,230 kilometers from its source in Switzerland to its mouth in the Netherlands. It discharges an average of 2,900 cubic meters of water per second and a maximum of 13,000 cubic ...

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  5. The Rhine Falls (Rheinfall in German) is the name of the waterfalls located near Schaffhouse. These waterfalls have a total height of 23 m (75ft) and 150 m (490 ft) in width and give an impressive sight. But the waterfalls are more famous for the huge amount of volume of water passing through them, with a volume that varies between 250 m³/s (8 ...

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  6. A major highlight of a Rhine River cruise is the 40-mile stretch between Rudesheim and Koblenz, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, rich with romantic castles and scenic towns.Other UNESCO ...

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  8. The Rhine has its sources in the Swiss Alps southwest of Chur. Passing through Lake Constance, it retains its alpine character along the Swiss-German border down to the Basle region, where navigation begins at Rheinfelden. Just below the busy inland port of Basle the river leaves Switzerland and forms the French-German border over a distance of ...

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