Key Fact
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Value
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Further details / records
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Corridor
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Rhine
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Rhein (CH, DE), Rhin (FR), Canal d’Alsace (F) Rijn (NL), Waal (NL), Boven Merwede (NL), Beneden Merwede (NL), Noord (NL), Nieuwe Maas (NL), Nieuwe Waterweg (NL), Oude Maas (NL), Hartelkanaal (NL), Pannerdensch Kanaal (NL), Nederrijn (NL), Lek (NL)
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CEMT class
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Basel (km 166,53) – Karlsruhe (km 359,80)
Karlsruhe (km 359,80) - Lorch (km 540,20)
Lorch (km 540,20)- St.Goar (km 556,00)
St.Goar (km 556,00)- North Sea (km 1035)
Pannerdensche Kop (km 867) – Junction Lek – Noord (km ?)
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Class VIa
Class VIb
Class VIa
Class VIb
Class Vb
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Length
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Total: 1, 239 km
Navigable: 869 km
(from Basel to North Sea)
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Connecting
(spanning from … to…. )
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From Graubünden, Switzerland to the North Sea, The Netherlands
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Important tributary rivers (with their connecting points)
Aare (Koblenz, CH)
Ill (Strassbourg, FR)
Neckar (Mannheim, DE)
Main (Mainz, DE)
Nahe (Bingen, DE)
Lahn (Lahnstein, DE)
Moselle (Koblenz, DE)
Wied (Neuwied, DE)
Sieg (Bonn, DE)
Ruhr (Duisburg, DE)
Meuse (Dordrecht) (NL)
IJssel (Arnhem) (NL)
Mark (Willemstad) (NL)
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Riparian states
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Switzerland, Germany, France, The Netherlands
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Largest share: Germany 860 km
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Connection to other Inland Waterway Transport corridors
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Danube corridor, via Rhine-Main-Danube Corridor
Moselle corridor, at Koblenz (DE)
Corridor Amsterdam- Antwerp – Liege, at Rotterdam
Corridor Amsterdam- Antwerp – Brussels, at Rotterdam
Scheldt corridor via Antwerp
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Reference water levels
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- Basel Rheinhalle 499
- Maxau 369
- Speyer 241
- Mannheim 160
- Worms 72
- Mainz 168
- Oestrich 87
- Bingen 100
- Kaub 78
- Koblenz 78
- Andernach 93
- Bonn 141
- Köln 139
- Düsseldorf 97
- Duisburg Ruhrort 233
- Wesel 177
- Rees 120
- Emmerich 84
- Lobith 739
- Pannerdensche Kop 713
- Nijmegen 523
- Tiel 258
- IJsselkop 694
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- GLW/OLR values 2012. To be revised in 2022.
- All values in cm.
The values in the Netherlands are referenced to NAP
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River Commissions
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