Rhine River Cruises

Explore France, Germany and Austria on one of the many Rhine River Cruises. Most of your time spent on a Rhine River Cruise will be passing through Germany , where the Rhine travels longest through. Rhine Cruises can usually be found at cheap discount through your travel agent, though sometimes a good discount can be found via the Cruise itself. The Rhine Cruise is considered to be on of the most romantic cruises in all the world, and could be the perfect anniversary gift or honeymoon for your husband of wife!

Info on the Rhine

The Rhine River begins in the Rheinwaldhorn Glacier of Switzerland and flows north and east approximately 820 miles (1,320 km). It is navigable from the North Sea to Basel, Switzerland. Even though it passes through or borders on Liechtenstein , Austria , Germany , France , and the Netherlands . 80 percent of its ship carrying waters pass through Germany . The entire distance can not support ocean going vessels, they must end their journey in Cologne, Germany. Cologne is located between Koln and Bonn. From there cargo must go by barges pushed by smaller ships until the Rhine reaches the three point intersection of the borders of France, Germany, and Basel, Switzerland.

Because of the multi countries and languages, the river has three names. They are: Rhein, Germany; Rhine, France; and Rijn, Netherlands (Dutch). There are many other important tributaries that flow into the Rhine, in fact the Rhine splits into two tributaries near Emmerich, Germany and Zevenaar, Netherlands. Those are the Lek on the north and the Waal on the south. Some of the main tributaries are: the Mosselle (Mosel), that runs south west bordering Luxembourg and on into France; the Neckar that flows south east at Manneheim on through Heidelburg, Germany; the Main, flowing east and south from Mainz through Frankfurt, Germany. East of Frankfurt is where The Rhine-Main-Danube Canal links the Rhine with the Danube providing a transcontinental route from the North Sea to the Black Sea.

For even more information about the Rhine, go to: http://www.public.asu.edu

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