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...and another one of the "Mini"-series:
a barge on the Rhine river in cologne.
pp just like the one before.
496 and counting...*g*
thanks & have a great day! :-)
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The Rhine is one of the longest and most
important rivers in Europe, at 1,320 km, with an
average discharge of more than 2,000 m3/s.
The Rhine and the Danube formed most of the northern
inland frontier of the Roman Empire and, since those
days, the Rhine has been a vital, navigable waterway,
and carried trade and goods deep inland. It has also
served as a defensive feature and has been the basis
for regional and international borders. The many
castles and prehistoric fortifications along the Rhine
testify to its importance as a waterway. River traffic
could be stopped at these locations, usually for the
purpose of collecting tolls, by the state that
controlled that portion of the river.
The Rhine's origin is in the Swiss Alps, in the canton
of Graubünden, where its two main tributaries are
called the Vorderrhein and Hinterrhein.
The Rhine is the longest river in Germany.
It is here that the Rhine encounters some of its main
tributaries, such as the Neckar, the Main and, later,
the Moselle.
[from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine] |
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