Rhine River
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Rhine River
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51.4852041, 7.2188664
The Rhine River is a major European river that originates in Switzerland and flows through six countries, including Switzerland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, and the Netherlands, before entering the North Sea at Rotterdam.
The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands, and eventually empties into the North Sea. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-German, and Franco-German borders.
With a length of about 1,230 km (760 mi) and an average discharge of about 2,900 m3/s, it is the second-longest river in Central and Western Europe (after the Danube).
