<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>
how long is the rhine germany 's longest river
how long is the rhine germany 's longest river
about 1,230 km ( 760 mi )
about 1,230 km ( 760 mi )