Rhine

At 1,320 km (820 miles), the Rhine (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn, Romansch: Rein) is one of the longest rivers in Europe. The name of the Rhine in all these languages comes from Celtic Renos, literally "that which flows", from the Proto-Indo-European root *rei- ("to flow, run"), which also gave the word "to run" in English.

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The Rhine and the Danube formed most of the northern frontier of the Roman Empire, and since those days the Rhine has been a vital navigable waterway, carrying trade and goods deep inland. The many castles and prehistoric fortifications along the Rhine testify to its importance as a waterway. A castle identifies a location where traffic was stopped, usually for the purpose of collecting tolls, by the state controlling that portion of the river.

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Germany The Rhine	On the River Rhine 1000 Piece Puzzle	Rhinemaiden Sees the Rhine- Gold in Danger	Tourists Admire the Rhine
Prince Rupert of the Rhine Royalist General and Scientist	Cologne Frankfurt Aerobus and Rhine Castle	Moonlight over the Rhine	A Small Town in the Rhine
Moonlight over the Rhine	The Marksburg on the River Rhine 1869	King Louis XIV of France Crossing the Rhine on 12 June 1672	Stained Glass Windows in Cologne Cathedral Cologne North Rhine Westphalia Germany