Alte Emscher

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Alte Emscher
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Alte Emscher in a park in northern Duisburg
Location
Country Germany
Location North Rhine-Westphalia
Physical characteristics
Mouth  
  location
Rhine
  coordinates
51°29′45″N6°43′05″E / 51.4957°N 6.7181°E / 51.4957; 6.7181 Coordinates: 51°29′45″N6°43′05″E / 51.4957°N 6.7181°E / 51.4957; 6.7181
Basin features
Progression RhineNorth Sea

Alte Emscher is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is the former lower course of the Emscher. It flows into the Rhine near Hamborn (Duisburg).

North Rhine-Westphalia State in Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia is a state of Germany.

Germany Federal parliamentary republic in central-western Europe

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north and the Alps, Lake Constance and the High Rhine to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

Emscher river

The Emscher is a river, a tributary of the Rhine, that flows through the Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. Its overall length is 83 kilometres (52 mi) with an mean outflow near the mouth into the lower Rhine of 16 m3/s (570 cu ft/s).

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