- Upper Rhine
- Rhine River between Basel in Switzerland and Mainz in Germany
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Upper Rhine
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Upper Rhine — • Ecclesiastical province; includes the Archdiocese of Freiburg and the suffragan Dioceses of Fulda, Mainz, Limburg, and Rottenburg Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Upper Rhine Upper Rhine … Catholic encyclopedia
Upper Rhine — The Upper Rhine ( de. Oberrhein) is the part of the Rhine that flows northbound after Basel, Switzerland, along the Rhine rift, and then westward to Bingen, Germany. The section is marked by Rhine kilometers 170 to 529 (the scale begins in… … Wikipedia
Upper Rhine Conference — The Upper Rhine Conference (more correctly, the Franco German Swiss Conference of the Upper Rhine) provides the institutional framework for cross border cooperation in the Upper Rhine region. It is the successor organization to the two regional… … Wikipedia
Upper Rhine Graben — in western Germany.Formation to the north of the Alps [Sengor, A.M.C. 1976. Collision of irregular continental margins: Implications for foreland deformation of Alpine type orogens. Geology, 4, 779 782.] . The result was substantial crustal… … Wikipedia
Rhine — Infobox River | river name = River Rhine caption = The Rhine is one of the most important rivers in Europe origin = Grisons, Switzerland mouth = North Sea coord|51|58|52|N|4|5|35|E|name=North Sea Rhine|display=inline,title basin countries =… … Wikipedia
Rhine River — German Rhein River, western Europe. Rising in the Swiss Alps, it flows north and west through western Germany to drain through the delta region of The Netherlands into the North Sea. It is 820 mi (1,319 km) long and navigable for 540 mi (870 km) … Universalium
Rhine rift — The Upper Rhine valley (Oberrheinische Tiefebene) describes the Upper Rhine area on the earth s surface, while the Upper Rhine Rift ( Oberrheingraben ) is the geological formation below.The Rhine Rift is a striking reminder of the tectonic plates … Wikipedia
Rhine Falls — The Rhine Falls ( Rheinfall in Switzerland ) are the widest plain waterfalls of Europe, just ahead of the Dettifoss in Iceland, which is two thirds their width though,worth mentioning: Dettifoss being twice the height and volume of the Rhine… … Wikipedia
RHINE — one of the chief rivers of Europe; of several small Alpine head streams, the Nearer and the Farther Rhine are the two principal, issuing from the eastern flanks of Mount St Gothard; a junction is formed at Reichenau, whence the united stream… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Rhine Falls — ▪ waterfall, Switzerland German Rheinfall, the most spectacular waterfall in central Europe, on the upper Rhine River just below Schaffhausen in northern Switzerland. The total fall of the cataract, including the rapids, is about 100 feet (30 … Universalium
