Rhine+River+(+robbie+mchugh)

The Rhine River Location: Uses: History and mythology:
 * it is 1232 km long
 * Its souce is in the Swiss Alps
 * the mouth is in Rotterdam
 * it flows through Netherlands,Germany,France,Switzerland and Austria
 * it used to be considered one of the most polluted rivers in Europe
 * it is called different names depending on the country,in Germany and France it is called the Rhine River and in the Netherlands it is called the Rijn River
 * [[image:http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/willow/the-rhine0.gif]]
 * Used for lots of different things
 * swimming
 * transport (boats)
 * Drinking water
 * Animals
 * toursim
 * Hireing boat houses
 * [[image:http://www.travelsignposts.com/Germany/files/2009/05/img_5497.jpg width="350" height="229"]]
 * Germans fighted for a part of the rhine river in world war 2
 * it is complete with fairy tales
 * in 870 the rhine river became the central axis of polution in Europe
 * 200 years ago salmon were filling the Rhine river but now it has changed

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