Rhine River
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A principal river of Europe, the Rhine carries more traffic than any other waterway in the world.
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The heatwave lowered levels in the Rhine River - a major shipping route - limiting the amount cargo ships can transport and raising freighting costs.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 2025
Wagner sonically describes the Rhine River in the opening, but this wasn’t a Rhine with dazzling clear water.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2024
Hadrian’s Wall or the Rhine River represented stable, militarized frontiers, but in Syria, the Romans and Sasanians may have competed for influence among local tribes and kingdoms.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 25, 2023
A week before Carolynne James’ Rhine River cruise last spring, she got some bad news: Uniworld had canceled her sailing and issued a future cruise credit.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2023
Allied forces would temporarily occupy a band of German territory along the Rhine River, and Germany would be required to pay reparations, or damages, for the loss and destruction caused by the war.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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