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The Niers (, ) is a river in Germany and the Netherlands, a right tributary of the river Meuse (German and ). Its wellspring is near Erkelenz, south of Mönchengladbach, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).

Key facts

River.name
Niers
River.image
Weeze Niers.jpg
River.image_caption
The Niers at Weeze
River.source1_location
Lower Rhine region
River.mouth_location
Meuse
River.subdivision_type1
Countries
River.source1_elevation
±
River.map
Niers-übersicht.png
River.map_caption
Overview map

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
river
Located in
Limburg
Image
River Niers bei Weeze Germany PM07.jpg
Length
117.6
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Commons category
Niers
mouth of the watercourse
Meuse
watershed area
1380.63
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Course and length
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

The Niers (, ) is a river in Germany and the Netherlands, a right tributary of the river Meuse (German and ). Its wellspring is near Erkelenz, south of Mönchengladbach, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).

==Course and length==

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

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