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tributary of Rhine river

Key facts

Country
Germany
Location
Hunsrück
Length
125.1 km (77.7 mi)
Basin size
4,067 km (1,570 sq mi)
Progression
‹See Tfd› Rhine → North Sea

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Encyclopedic overview

The Nahe ( German pronunciation: [ˈnaːə] ) is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany, a left tributary to the Rhine. It has also given name to the wine region Nahe situated around it.

The name Nahe is derived from the Latin word Nava, which is supposed to be based upon the Celtic origin for the wild river. The Nahe separates the northern part of the Palatinate from the Hunsrück.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nahe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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