List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia

The list of rivers in North Rhine -Westphalia includes a selection of rivers that are wholly or partly in North Rhine -Westphalia (NRW). The waters are after the great river systems Rhine, Meuse, Weser and Ems grouped, with the Maas Although gewässerkundlich part of the river system of the Rhine, which is also expressed in the waters code ( Rhein: 2, Maas: 28 ), but in the river basin, the were defined for administrative purposes (including the coastal fringes ) is separately reported. Furthermore, they are partially divided into further sub- areas within these areas. The list does not include all designated rivers NRW, but at least all rivers with a total length of 30 kilometers, which are located entirely or partially in NRW. In order to generate a hierarchical representation, also rivers are included, although they run entirely outside NRW, but in turn support listed NRW rivers.

System

Systematics: Name of water body (length (of which in NRW), catchment area (of which in NRW), L / R)

  • Length in kilometers
  • Catchment area in km ²
  • L / R: Left or right inflow

All tributaries downstream are sorted with respect to the respective main river. The tributaries are indented according to their order in the flow system:

Cursive all the rivers are listed whose river is not entirely NRW area.

North Rhine →

Note: The Rhine River has a total length of 1,233 kilometers. Of these, in 226 kilometers NRW in Sections Middle Rhine, Lower Rhine and the Rhine delta. In the Delta Rhine while the lengths of the side arms are not counted. Without the IJsselmeerzuflüsse ( in the Delta so only direct catchment area of the Waal and the Lower Rhine / Lek ) the Rhine catchment area of 163 141 square kilometers. Of these, approximately 18,847 km ² in North Rhine -Westphalia. With the previously carved out rivers of the Rhine has a catchment area of approximately 185,300 km ². The IJsselmeerzuflüsse have a total catchment area of ​​approximately 10,010 km ². Of these, approximately 2185 km ² in NRW.

Middle Rhine

  • Rhine Mosel [ 544 km (0 miles), 28,286 km ² (88 km ²), L] Kyll [142 km, 834 km ² (88 km ²), L]

Lower Rhine

  • Rhine Victory [ 155.2 kilometers ( 107.2 km ), R, 2832 km ² ( 2190 km ²), R] Heller [ 30.2 kilometers ( 17.2 km ), L]
  • Bröl [ 45.1 km, R ]
  • Wahnbach [ 29.4 km, R ]
  • Agger [69 km, R] Lindlarer Suelz / Suelz [ 48.5 km, R ]
  • Wiehl [ 33.6 km, R ]
  • Dhünn [ 40.0 km, L]
  • Hen [ 22.5 km, L]
  • Wenne [ 31.10 km, L]
  • Rohr [ 28.94 km, L]
  • Möhne [ 65.06 km, R ]
  • Hönne [ 33.45 km, L]
  • Lenne [ 129.09 km, L] Bigge [ 44.57 km ( 41.87 km ), L]
  • Alme [ 59.097 km, L] Altenau [ 28.735 km, R ] Sauer [ 30.008 km, R ]
  • Heubach ( Halterner mill creek ) [ 31.735 km, R ]

Rhine delta

Note: In the Rhine delta, the rivers are no longer to assign a strict hierarchy. Rather, it is side-arms of the Rhine and other rivers, and the lower reaches of other rivers, which are often developed through channels or channels to side arms are connected to each other with water level induced flow direction. The river IJssel is, for example, a northern tributary of the Rhine. Therefore, depending on the definition of the catchment area of the rivers is mixed. The Meuse river system flows into the Rhine-Meuse delta in the river system of the Rhine, about 40 kilometers before reaching the North Sea.

  • IJssel [ 177.8 kilometers (55 miles) -] ↔ Rhine (R- branching ) ↔ IJsselmeer Oude IJssel [ 81.7 kilometers (55 miles), R ] Bocholt Aa [ 55.9 kilometers (50.8 miles), R ]
  • Zwarte sea ↔ ↔ Ketelmeer IJsselmeer Zwarte Water [ 20 km (0 miles), -] Vecht [ 182.2 km ( 37.9 km ), R ] Steinfurter Aa [ 46.4 km, R ]
  • Spelt [ 86.8 kilometers (41 miles), L]

Maas → ( Rhine-Meuse delta → ) North Sea

  • Maas [ 765 km (0 miles), 34,564 km ² ( 3984 km ²) ] Rur [ 2361 km ² ( 2099 km ²), 165 km (132 miles), R ] Urft [ 46.4 km, R ]
  • Olef [ 27.9 km ( 27.9 ), L]
  • Inde [ 46.6 km ( 44.16 km ), L]
  • Untermerzbach (28 km, L)
  • Worm [ 56.4 kilometers ( 56.4 km ), L]

The Meuse river system is connected in the Rhine -Meuse delta with the river system of the Rhine.

Weser → North Sea

  • Weser [ 432 km (116 mi), 46,268 km ² ( 3752 km ²) ] Fulda [ 218 km (0 miles), -] Eder [ 176 km (48 miles), 3362 km ² (640 km ²), L] Nuhne [ 36.37 km ( 20.67 km ), L]
  • Orke [ 38.25 m ( 20.60 km ), L]
  • Hopp corner [ 34.76 km ( 29.27 km ), L]
  • Twiste [ 41.21 km ( 6.26 km ), R ]
  • Bega [ 40.98 km, R ]
  • Else [ 35.2 kilometers ( 19.2 km ), L]
  • Big River Dieck [ 37.78 km, L]

The river systems of the Ems and the Weser are connected via the bifurcation of the Else from the hare.

Ems → North Sea

  • Ems [ 371 km ( 155.9 km ), 17,815 km ² ( 4015.7 km ²), -]
  • Lutter [ 26.0 kilometers, R ]
  • Axtbach [ 34.1 km, L]
  • Hessel [ 39.3 km, R ]
  • Bever [ 39.5 kilometers (about 20 miles), R ]
  • Werse [ 66.6 km, L] Emmer Bach [ 35.7 km, L]
  • Angel [ 38.2 km, R ]
  • Eltingmühlenbach / Glaner Bach [ 51.4 kilometers (about 30 miles), L]
  • Halverder Aa [ 31.0 kilometers (15 miles), L]
  • Dreierwalder Aa [ 36.1 kilometers (25 miles), L]

The river systems of the Ems and the Weser are connected via the bifurcation of the Else from the hare.

Drachenfels (Siebengebirge) Porta Westfalica (gorge) Meuse (river) Lahn Agger (river) Erft Rotbach (Erft) Schwarzbach (Bergisches Land) Angerbach (Rhein) Ruhr (river) Henne (river) Bigge (river) Volme Emscher Lippe (river) Alme (river) Altenau (Alme) Sauer (Altenau) Ahse Stever Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta Berkel Schipbeek Vechte Dinkel Urft (river) Swalm Niers Nette (Niers) Diemel Hoppecke Twiste (Diemel) Nethe Emmer (Weser) Exter (Weser) Werre Bega (Werre) Hase Bever (Ems) Emmerbach Angel (river) Glane (Ems) Hemelter Bach Große Aa Schaler Aa
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