Emscher River

General data
- Water type: River
- Progression: Rhine -> Waal -> Upper Merwede (Boven Merwede) -> Lower Merwede (Beneden Merwede) -> Old Meuse (Oude Maas) -> Het Scheur -> Nieuwe Waterweg (New Waterway) -> North Sea -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
- Climates: Continental
- Continents: Europe
- Countries: Germany
Description
The Emscher is a river, a tributary of the Rhine, that flows through the Ruhr area in North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. Its overall length is 83 kilometres with a mean outflow near the mouth into the lower Rhine of 16 m3/s.