a major European river carrying more traffic than any other river in the world; flows into the North Sea

The vineyards that run along the Rhine River in Germany are world famous for their wines.

a river that flows from Switzerland through Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, France, and the Netherlands, emptying into the North Sea. Bonn is on the Rhine.

The River Rhine (; ; ; ; ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe at 1,320 kilometres (820 miles), with an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second. The name of the Rhine comes from the Celtic Renos, literally "that which flows", from the Proto-Indo-European root *rei- ("to flow, run").