- Nahe (river)
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For the municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, see Nahe, Schleswig-Holstein.
Nahe 
Origin Hunsrück Mouth Rhine
49°58′11″N 7°53′21″E / 49.96972°N 7.88917°ECoordinates: 49°58′11″N 7°53′21″E / 49.96972°N 7.88917°EBasin countries Germany Length 116 km Basin area 4,065 km2 (1,570 sq mi) The Nahe River is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland, Germany, a left tributary to the Rhine. It has also given name to the wine region Nahe situated around it.
The name Nahe is derived from the Latin word Nava, which is based upon the Celtic origin for the wild river. The Nahe separates the northern part of the Palatinate from the Hunsrück.
It rises in the area of Nohfelden (Saarland), flowing through Rhineland-Palatinate and joining the Rhine river in Bingen. Its length is 116 kilometres (72 mi). Towns along the Nahe include Idar-Oberstein, Kirn, Bad Kreuznach and Bingen.
Left (western) Alpine Rhine: Vorderrhein · High Rhine: Thur · Töss · Glatt · Aare · Sissle · Ergolz · Birs · Birsig · Upper Rhine: Ill · Moder · Sauer · Lauter · Spiegelbach · Queich · Speyerbach · Rehbach · Isenach · Eckbach · Eisbach · Pfrimm · Selz · Middle Rhine: Nahe · Moselle · Nette · Brohlbach · Ahr · Lower Rhine: Erft
Right (eastern) Alpine Rhine: Rein da Tuma · Rein da Curnera · Rein da Medel · Glenner · Rabiusa · Hinterrhein · Plessur · Landquart · Ill · Frutz · Lake Constance: Dornbirner Ach · Bregenzer Ach · Leiblach · Argen · Schussen · Rotach · Linzer Aach · Stockacher Aach · Radolfzeller Aach · High Rhine: Biber · Wutach · Alb · Alb · Wehra · Upper Rhine: Wiese · Elz · Kinzig · Rench · Acher · Murg · Alb · Pfinz · Saalbach · Kraichbach · Leimbach · Neckar · Weschnitz · Modau · Main · Middle Rhine: Wisper · Lahn · Wied · Lower Rhine: Sieg · Wupper · Düssel · Ruhr · Emscher · Lippe · IJssel: Oude IJssel/Issel · Berkel · SchipbeekCategories:- Rhine basin
- Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Rivers of Saarland
- Rhineland-Palatinate geography stubs
- Saarland geography stubs
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