Niers

River in Germany and the Netherlands

Niers

The Niers at Weeze

Overview map

Location
Countries|

* Germany
* Netherlands

Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Lower Rhine region
• coordinates| 51°04′49″N 6°23′31″E﻿ / ﻿51.08028°N 6.39194°E﻿ / 51.08028; 6.39194
• elevation| ±75 m (246 ft)
Mouth|

• location

| Meuse

• coordinates

| 51°42′50″N 5°56′51″E﻿ / ﻿51.71389°N 5.94750°E﻿ / 51.71389; 5.94750
Length| 113.1 km (70.3 mi) [1]
Basin size| 1,373 km2 (530 sq mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression| Meuse→ North Sea

The Niers (German: [niːɐ̯s], Dutch: [niːrs] ⓘ) is a river in Germany and the Netherlands, a right tributary of the river Meuse (German and Dutch: Maas). Its wellspring is near Erkelenz, south of Mönchengladbach, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).

## Course and length

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The Niers flows through Mönchengladbach, Viersen, Wachtendonk, Geldern and Goch before flowing into the Meuse just across the border with the Netherlands, in Gennep, Limburg (Netherlands).

Its overall length is 116 km - 108 km in Germany, 8 km in the Netherlands.

## See also

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* List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia
* Meuse#Tributaries

## References

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1. ^ a b Hydrographic Directory of the NRW State Office for Nature, the Environment and Consumer Protection (Gewässerverzeichnis des Landesamtes für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW 2010) (xls; 4.67 MB)

## External links

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