Five Brothers and a War

Geography—Rivers and Water

Of course, the Rhein (English “Rhein”, French “Rhin” and Dutch “Rijn”) River is the major river, with its origins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It forms part of the borders between Switzerland and Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Germany and Germany and France before flowing into Holland and finally into the North Sea. Its flow is vast, normally at 2,900 m 3 /s (100,000 ft 3 /s—or about 750,000 U.S. gallons.) That represents filling an Olympic-sized pool every second.

holland

The source of the Rhine, from Tomasee (Lake Toma).

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