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[Peter Korsten]

Op 14-7-2011 1:37, diode schreef:

> Le 13 juil. 2011 � 23:39, K9 Kai Niggemann a �crit :
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>> Rhein is a large river running throgh Switzerland
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> running from� :oP
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> And technically, the Rhein disappears into the Aar (between Basel and Kaiseraugst), that itself runs out of Switzerland to France, Germany and Netherlands� There's a mistake here made by the Romans and never totally set right�

And technically, the Rhine/Rhein/Rijn is called the 'Waal' in the 
Netherlands when it splits; later it gets called the 'Merwede'. The 
other arm is actually a canal (hey, it's the Netherlands, they get bonus 
points for digging canals), which in turn splits into the IJssel and the 
Lower Rhine. The Lower Rhine, at some point, gets named the 'Lek', 
converges with the 'Noord' (North) where they have all those windmills 
(Kinderdijk) and is from there on called the 'Nieuwe Maas' (New Meuse).

(The situation is actually quite a bit more complex than that, but I 
can't be arsed and, presumably, neither can you.)

How the Rhine becomes the Meuse is not entirely clear, but let's say we 
have a bit of a delta over there.

- Peter