<P> The Rhine ( Latin : Rhenus , Romansh : Rein , German : Rhein , French : le Rhin , Dutch : Rijn ) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps , forms part of the Swiss - Austrian , Swiss - Liechtenstein , Swiss - German and then the Franco - German border , then flows through the Rhineland and eventually empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands . The largest city on the river Rhine is Cologne , Germany , with a population of more than 1,050,000 people . It is the second - longest river in Central and Western Europe ( after the Danube ) , at about 1,230 km ( 760 mi ) , with an average discharge of about 2,900 m / s ( 100,000 cu ft / s ) . </P>
<P> The Rhine ( Latin : Rhenus , Romansh : Rein , German : Rhein , French : le Rhin , Dutch : Rijn ) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps , forms part of the Swiss - Austrian , Swiss - Liechtenstein , Swiss - German and then the Franco - German border , then flows through the Rhineland and eventually empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands . The largest city on the river Rhine is Cologne , Germany , with a population of more than 1,050,000 people . It is the second - longest river in Central and Western Europe ( after the Danube ) , at about 1,230 km ( 760 mi ) , with an average discharge of about 2,900 m / s ( 100,000 cu ft / s ) . </P>
where does the river rhine start and finish
where does the river rhine start and finish
begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands
begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps empties into the North Sea in the Netherlands