Rhine River

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• One Viking troop sailed all the way up the Rhine River until they couldn't go any further, and then carried their ships over land until they got to the Danube, dropped their ships into the Danube, and sailed down to the Black Sea.

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• In the 2nd century BC, the Kimbri and the Teutones crossed the Rhine River and headed south into the warm sun of the Rhone Valley to pillage, burn, conquer, and perhaps settle.

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• Hesse was part of France, near the Rhine River.

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• "I drove to the Rhine River and went across on the pontoon bridge."

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• Duisburg is located on the Rhine River and belongs to the Ruhr District, formerly an important agglomeration area in Germany for heavy industries.

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• Travel across a scenic 300-foot bridge that spans the Rhine River into San Marco, an Italian hillside village.

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• Ever since then, no century has passed without one, if not two or three or more armies crossing the Rhine River to pillage, burn, etcetera—until now.

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• More than 10 million people live in areas at risk of extreme floods along the Rhine River, a heavily channelized waterway that no longer meanders but flows artificially straight.

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• Located next to Rhinefeld, a quaint town along the banks of the Rhine River, Oktoberfest is held in the largest German festival hall (air-conditioned) on this side of the Atlantic.

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• The Rhine River flows through several important cities, including Cologne and Düsseldorf.

Synonyms

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Rhine

vsRhine River

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A large river in western Europe that starts in the Swiss Alps and flows through Germany to the North Sea

is broader including central Europe as well as western Europe

R

Rhein

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A large river in Europe that flows into the North Sea

uses the general name and describes the river's course not the local name

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Etymology