SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, and Swiss-German borders. After that the Rhine defines much of the Franco-German border, after which it flows in a mostly northerly direction through the German Rhineland.

Detailed explanation-2: -Near the Swiss city of Basel the river turns north into the upper Rhine lowland. For the next 150 km the Rhine marks the border between France and Germany. Further north, from the city of Bingen on it forces its way through the mountains of the “Rheinisches Schiefergebirge” into the following Northern German lowlands.