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Rhine
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Rhine River is the second-longest river in Central and Western Europe after the Danube and originates in the Swiss Alps (in Switzerland). The Rhine river is called by different names depending on the country it flows through. It is called Rhein in Germany; Rhine in France and Rijn in the Netherlands.
Detailed explanation-2: -The length of the Rhine was long given as 820 miles (1, 320 km), but in 2010 a shorter distance of about 765 miles (1, 230 km) was proposed. An international waterway since the Treaty of Vienna in 1815, it is navigable overall for some 540 miles (870 km), as far as Rheinfelden on the Swiss-German border.
Detailed explanation-3: -The name of the Rhine comes from the Celtic Renos, literally “that which flows", from the Proto-Indo-European root *rei-("to flow, run"), which is also the origin of the English verb “to run” and the Greek adage , (everything flows, nothing stands still).
Detailed explanation-4: -Recognized for its beauty as well as the Rhine’s importance as a route of cultural exchange, the river has inspired many writers, painters and musicians.