Ems

river in northwestern Europe in Germany and the Netherlands

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The Ems is a river that flows through northwestern Europe, running through Germany and the Netherlands. It matters as an important waterway in this region, serving as a natural boundary and transportation route for the communities along its course.

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Encyclopedic overview

The Ems (German: Ems [ɛms] ; Dutch: Eems [eːms] ) is a river in northwestern Germany. It runs through the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, and discharges into the Dollart Bay which is part of the Wadden Sea. Its total length is 362.4 kilometres (225.2 mi). The state border between the Lower Saxon area of East Friesland (Germany) and the province of Groningen (Netherlands), whose exact course was the subject of a border dispute between Germany and the Netherlands (settled in 2014), runs through the Ems estuary.

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