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Ruhr (river)

The Ruhr is a river in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia), a right tributary (east-side) of the Rhine.

Not to be confused with the river Rur in western North Rhine-Westphalia, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Ruhr

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

 

Kahler Asten

870 m (2,850 ft)

 

Rhine

51°27′3″N 6°43′22″E / 51.45083°N 6.72278°E / 51.45083; 6.72278

219.2 km (136.2 mi) [1]

4,485 km2 (1,732 sq mi) [1]

 

79 m3/s (2,800 cu ft/s)

Rhine→ North Sea

 

Lenne, Volme

Möhne

between Dortmund and Hagen, surface area: 1.36 km2 height of the weir 4.5 m

Hengsteysee

between Herdecke and Wetter; surface area: 1.37 km2, height of the weir 7.8 m

Harkortsee

between Witten and Bochum; surface area: 1.25 km2, height of the weir 2 m

Kemnader See

in Essen-Werden; surface area: 2.64 km2, height of the weir 8.5 m

Baldeneysee

Kettwiger See in ; surface area: 0.55 km2, height of the weir 6 m

Essen-Kettwig

There are five Ruhr reservoirs on the river, often used for leisure activities.

Left: Berkelbach, , Neger, Elpe, Valme, Nierbach, Henne, Kelbke, Wenne, Mühlenbach, Röhr, Bachumer Bach, Haßbach, Scheebach, Wimberbach, Hönne, Abbabach, Baarbach, Elsebach, Wannebach (Ergste), Lenne, Volme, Sprockhöveler Bach, Deilbach, Oefter Bach, Rinderbach

Voßmecke

The main tributaries of the Ruhr are (from source to mouth):

(area)

Ruhr

(1923–1924)

Occupation of the Ruhr

Nearby rivers: , Lippe, Emscher

Rhine

: the Poles of the Ruhr

Ruhrpolen

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Ruhr". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

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Sources

Media related to Ruhr at Wikimedia Commons