Niers

Template:Short description Template:Infobox river The Niers ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}) is a river in Germany and the Netherlands, a right tributary of the river Meuse (German and Template:Langx). Its wellspring is near Erkelenz, south of Mönchengladbach, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).

Course and length

The Niers flows through Mönchengladbach, Viersen, Wachtendonk, Geldern and Goch before flowing into the Meuse just across the border with the Netherlands, in Gennep, Limburg (Netherlands).

Its overall length is 116 km - 108 km in Germany, 8 km in the Netherlands.

See also

• List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Meuse#Tributaries

External links

• Niers
• Niersverband

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