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Lower Rhine

American  

noun

  1. a section of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany and the North Sea.


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Widespread and partially extreme precipitation in December 1993 led to flooding along the Middle and Lower Rhine at Christmas 1993, leading to several fatalities and inundations in three federal states.

From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2024

By Jan’s design, we followed the same route taken by the allies during Operation Berlin, when 2,400 soldiers were evacuated across the Lower Rhine in September 1944.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2021

Lurking ahead, at the foot of a wide field, lay the banks of the Lower Rhine, still but for a single boat puttering between the embankments.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2021

The author's latest book, Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges, 1944, unpicks Operation Market Garden, the Allies' failed plan to end World War Two by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine.

From BBC • Aug. 14, 2018

The Courier of the Lower Rhine contains a fine eulogy on Mr Joseph Reed, member of Congress; it is deserving of your notice.

From The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution, Vol. I by Sparks, Jared

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