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    The Rhine Falls (German: Rheinfall [ˈʁaɪnfal] , a singular noun) is a waterfall located in Switzerland and the most powerful waterfall in Europe. The...
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    The Rhine (/raɪn/ RYNE) is one of the major European rivers. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms...
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    the Rhine (High Rhine, Upper Rhine, Middle Rhine, Lower Rhine) between Lake Constance and the river delta at the North Sea. The term High Rhine was introduced...
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    Dettifoss (redirect from Detti Falls)
    reputed to be the second most powerful waterfall in Europe after the Rhine Falls. Dettifoss is situated on the Jökulsá á Fjöllum river, which flows from...
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    the headquarters in Neuhausen am Rheinfall is located directly on the Rhine Falls. Built at this location in 1853 for the use of hydroelectric power, the...
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    discharge, after the Rhine Falls. This is the last waterfall on the Glomma River, which is the longest river in Norway. Sarp Falls has one of the greatest...
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    mountain region north of the Swiss Plateau Rhine, the largest river in the country, is also notable for the Rhine Falls Italian Lakes, a group of lakes on the...
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    National Day "Rhine Falls big fireworks display: "Fire on the rocks!"". RhineFall.ch. Retrieved 31 July 2017. "Swiss National Day on the Rhine 2016". Kanton...
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    It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance overlooking the Rhine Falls. The first documented reference to the castle dates to the year 858 when...
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    Lorelei (category Middle Rhine)
    right bank of the River Rhine in the Rhine Gorge (or Middle Rhine) at Sankt Goarshausen in Germany, part of the Upper Middle Rhine Valley UNESCO World Heritage...
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    Schaffhausen (category Populated places on the Rhine)
    German rail networks. One of the lines connects the town with the nearby Rhine Falls in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Europe's largest waterfall, a tourist attraction...
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    Neuhausen am Rheinfall (category Populated places on the Rhine)
    the canton of Schaffhausen in Switzerland. The town is close to the Rhine Falls, mainland Europe's largest waterfall. Neuhausen am Rheinfall was first...
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  • Blencoe Falls Curtis Falls Dangar Falls Delaneys Falls Ellenborough Falls Fitzroy Falls Hopetoun Falls Jim Jim Falls Millaa Millaa Falls Philosopher Falls Purlingbrook...
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  • Rhine Falls is a locality within the Snowy Monaro Regional Council, halfway between Wambrook and Dry Plain at an altitude of 1,320 metres (4,330 ft);...
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  • rapid river. Rapids featuring whitewater, close to the Rhine Falls Violent water below Niagara Falls Rapids on the Mississippi River (Ontario) in Pakenham...
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    mountains. Near Schaffhausen the Rhine passes through the Rhine Falls, Europe's largest waterfall. The Rhine Falls are 150 metres (490 ft) wide and 25...
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    by Schloss Laufen ("Laufen Castle") and in turn overlooks the famous Rhine Falls, from which it derives its name. It is located on the Swiss Federal Railway's...
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    Name Location Canton Notes Rhine Falls Schaffhausen Schaffhausen Largest waterfalls in Europe (150 m wide, 23 m high) Mürrenbach Fall Lauterbrunnental...
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    was founded in 1886 in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, at the foot of the Rhine Falls, whose energy powered the process. In December 1907, Neher's sons, along...
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    Hohenklingen was the first toll castle at the river Rhine and is about 5 miles away from the Rhine Falls. Stein am Rhein is also the last town before the...
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    new routes — EuroVelo 13 (the Iron Curtain Trail) and EuroVelo 15 (the Rhine Cycle Route) — in September 2011, which are the longest and shortest of...
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    attraction of the Rhine Falls, from which it takes its name. It is linked by a combination of bridges and elevators to the bank of the River Rhine, just below...
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    to five drainage basins, i.e. of the Rhine, the Rhône, the Po, the Danube or the Adige. Of these, only the Rhine and Rhône flow through Switzerland (and...
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  • built the first hydroelectric power station on the High Rhine and was the builder of the Rhine Falls railway. Notable clients of H. Moser & Cie. at the time...
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    northern end, the Rheinfall Railway crosses the Rhine on a viaduct adjacent to the famous Rhine Falls, from which it takes its name. The Rheinfallbahn-Gesellschaft...
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  • Falls Livingstone Falls Lofoi Falls – 165 m (541 ft) high Blue Nile Falls Boti Falls Kintampo Falls Tagbo Falls Wli Falls Akaa falls Tinkisso Falls Karuru...
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    is confined by Lake Geneva, in the northeast, by Lake Constance and the Rhine. Geologically, the Swiss Plateau is part of a larger basin that extends...
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    the Wutach Valley. It then returns to the Rhine ca. 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) downstream of the Rhine Falls (south of the hamlet of Nohl), then separating...
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    Lake Constance (category High Rhine basin)
    the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (Obersee), Lower Lake Constance (Untersee), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called...
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    High Rhine (Hochrhein), Upper Rhine (Oberrhein), Middle Rhine, Lower Rhine and Rhine delta. As a result of the straightening of the Alpine Rhine, there...
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