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 | | The Rhine River (Dutch Rijn, French Rhin, German Rhein, Italian: Reno, Romansch: Rein,) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe at 1,320 kilometres (820 miles), with an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second. |
 | | Though they retained the name, these streams do not carry water from the Rhine anymore, but are used for draining the surrounding land and polders. |
 | | From Wijk bij Duurstede, the old north branch of the Rhine is called Kromme Rijn ("Crooked Rhine") and past Utrecht, first Leidse Rijn ("Rhine of Leiden") and then Oude Rijn ("Old Rhine"). |
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