Hemelter Bach

Hemelter Bach
Country	Germany
States	North Rhine-Westphalia
Physical characteristics
River mouth	Ems ; 52°16′19″N7°27′16″E / 52.2719°N 7.4544°E Coordinates: 52°16′19″N7°27′16″E / 52.2719°N 7.4544°E
Length	33.9 km (21.1 mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression	Ems→ North Sea
Basin size	109 km2 (42 sq mi) [1]

Last updated April 06, 2019

Hemelter Bach is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Ems in Rheine.

North Rhine-Westphalia is a state of Germany.

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 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.

The Ems is a river in northwestern Germany. It runs through the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, and discharges into the Dollart Bay which is part of the Wadden Sea. Its total length is 362.4 kilometres (225.2 mi). The state border between the Lower Saxon area of East Friesland (Germany) and the province of Groningen (Netherlands), whose exact course was the subject of a border dispute between Germany and the Netherlands, runs through the Ems estuary.

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Dalke is a river of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows into the Ems near Gütersloh.

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1 2 Hydrographic Directory of the NRW State Office for Nature, the Environment and Consumer Protection (Gewässerverzeichnis des Landesamtes für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW 2010) (xls; 4.67 MB)

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[DE-NW_GSK3C-1] 1 2 Hydrographic Directory of the NRW State Office for Nature, the Environment and Consumer Protection (Gewässerverzeichnis des Landesamtes für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW 2010) (xls; 4.67 MB)

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