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The Rhine [note 2] (/ r aɪ n / 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 border, then part of the Swiss-Austrian border.
The border of Europe and Asia is here defined as from the Kara Sea, along the Ural Mountains and Ural River to the Caspian Sea.While the crest of the Caucasus Mountains is the geographical border with Asia in the south, Georgia, and to a lesser extent Armenia and Azerbaijan, are politically and culturally often associated with Europe; rivers in these countries are therefore included.
1540: the map Lacus Constantiensis by Johannes Zwick and Thomas Blarer shows topographic names, towns and the Rhine. [citation needed] 1555: the map of the route of the Rhine (Rhinelaufkarte) by Caspar Vopel includes a topographical map of Lake Constance with its larger towns, the tributaries and the course of the Rhine. [citation needed]
The Upper Rhine tri-national region (French: Région Métropolitaine Trinationale du Rhin Supérieur, German: Trinationale Metropolregion Oberrhein) is a Euroregion that covers the border areas of the Upper Rhine (the northern part of the Upper Rhine valley and the Palatinate are not included as they are not border areas) and parts of the High ...
Here, we round up some of the best European river cruises for 2024/2025, spanning France, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Austria and more. Riviera Travel: Enchanting Rhine and Yuletide Markets River Cruise
Rhine Valley (German: Rheintal [ˈʁaɪ̯nˌtaːl] ⓘ) is the valley, or any section of it, of the river Rhine in Europe. Particular valleys of the Rhine or any of its sections: Alpine Rhine Valley. Chur Rhine Valley (or Grisonian Rhine Valley; German: Churer Rheintal, or sometimes Bündner Rheintal) between Reichenau and Sargans, East Switzerland
Map of the Middle Rhine St. Goarshausen, Burg Katz, with Lorelei rock in Rhineland-Palatinate View from the Loreley. Middle Rhine (German: Mittelrhein, pronounced [ˈmɪtl̩ˌʁaɪn] ⓘ; kilometres [a] 529 to 660 of the Rhine) [2] is the section of the Rhine between Bingen and Bonn in Germany.
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