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Red River(dictionary)
Vah River(encyclopedia)
River(casino)
Forth, River(encyclopedia)
Min River(encyclopedia)
down-river(dictionary)
river(1)(dictionary)
river(2)(dictionary)
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Ems River (sh)




River, northwestern Germany.

It rises on the southern slope of the Teutoburg Forest and flows generally northwest and north through the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony for 230 mi (371 km) to the North Sea. Its mouth is a wide estuary (the Dollart) bordering The Netherlands. Between 1892 and 1899 the river was canalized, connecting it with the Dortmund-Ems Canal and the Ruhr River in order to provide a German water link for the Ruhr industrial district.