What is the rhine?

Rhine River, German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Celtic Renos, Latin Rhenus, river and waterway of western Europe, culturally and historically one of the great rivers of the continent and among the most important arteries of industrial transport in the world. read more

The Rhine (Latin: Rhenus, Romansh: Rein, German: Rhein, French: le Rhin,, Italiano: Reno, Dutch: Rijn) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands and eventually empties into the North Sea. read more

Originating from mountain brooks in the Swiss Alps, the Rhine travels north into Switzerland’s Lake Constance (Europe’s third largest), over the surging Rhine Falls (among Europe’s largest), and on to Basel, where it becomes a major waterway used to transport goods and raw materials. read more