1,320 kilometers
The name Rhine is of Celtic origin and means something like "large flowing water". The Latin name for the river was "Rhenus". The Rhine has some of the heaviest traffic and is among the most important of Europe’s waterways. From source to estuary, it is a total of 1,320 kilometers long. Of this, 833 kilometers are navigable. Flowing through Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France and the Netherlands, the Rhine has a catchment area of 252,000 square kilometers. A number of sections of the river contain the river’s name: Anterior Rhine, Posterior Rhine, Alpine Rhine, Lake Constance Rhine, High Rhine, Upper Rhine, Middle Rhine or Low Rhine.
The large Rhine delta begins shortly after the German-Dutch border. Here, the Rhine forks into two main tributaries which reunite before reaching Rotterdam to empty into the North Sea after flowing through the port of Rotterdam at Hook of Holland.
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