Swist
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The Swist () is a stream, long, in the German Rhineland. It rises on the northern edge of the Eifel at 330 metres above sea level and empties from the right and southeast into the Rhine tributary, the Erft, between Weilerswist and (a district of Erftstadt). Occasionally the Swist is also called the Swistbach, and locals often just call it der Bach ("the stream").
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Image
- Meckenheim Swist.jpg
- Length
- 43.7
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- drainage basin
- Rhine basin
- mouth of the watercourse
- Erft
- Commons category
- Swist
- watershed area
- 289.408
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
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- Catchment
- Tributaries
- River history
- Historic bridges
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The Swist () is a stream, long, in the German Rhineland. It rises on the northern edge of the Eifel at 330 metres above sea level and empties from the right and southeast into the Rhine tributary, the Erft, between Weilerswist and (a district of Erftstadt). Occasionally the Swist is also called the Swistbach, and locals often just call it der Bach ("the stream").
The Swist flows through the municipality Swisttal, the town of Meckenheim and Flerzheim. There are cycle paths by the side of the stream along this stretch. The Swist gave its name to Swisttal and the town of Weilerswist. Its source area is situated at the northern edge of the Eifel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Swist” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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