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Erft

River in Germany

Body of waterriverQ708840

Length: 103 km
Mouth: Rhine
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1.lanuv.nrw.de/fileadmin/lanuv/wasser/pdf/Gewaesserverzeichnis%20GSK3C.xlsRetrieved 2017-07-17
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Country: Germany
Watershed area: 1,837.92 km²

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The Erft is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows through the foothills of the Eifel, and joins the Lower Rhine. Its origin is near Nettersheim, and its mouth in Neuss-Grimlinghausen south of the Josef Cardinal Frings Bridge. The river is 106.6 kilometres (66.2 mi) long, which is significantly shorter than it was originally. Due to the open-pit mining of lignite in the Hambacher Loch, the flow of the river had to be changed.

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Located in: North Rhine-Westphalia
Category for the water basin: Category:Erft basin
Tributary: Veybach
Rotbach
Neffelbach
Swist
Gillbach
Norfbach
Eschweiler-Bach
Elevation: 33 m
Drainage basin: Rhine basin

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50.4872, 6.6872OpenStreetMap ↗

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