Rur

The Rur river (German; in Dutch and French: Roer river) is a major river which flows through portions of Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands. It is a right (eastern) tributary to the Meuse River. About 90 percent of the river's course is in Germany.

It is not to be confused with the Ruhr and Röhr rivers, tributaries of the Rhine in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Geography

The Rur rises in the Hautes Fagnes/Hohes Venn National Park, near the 696-metre (2,283 ft) tall Signal de Botrange in Belgium at an elevation of 660 metres (2,170 ft) above sea level. South of Monschau it flows into Germany, through North Rhine-Westphalia. It flows first through the northern part of the Eifel hills.

After 39 kilometres (24 mi) it reaches the Rurstausee, the second-largest artificial lake in Germany. After approximately 160 kilometres (99 mi) it flows into the Netherlands, and at its 170-kilometre (110 mi) mark it flows into the river Meuse at the city of Roermond.

Major tributaries of the river Rur include the Inde and the Wurm. Cities along the Rur are Monschau, Heimbach, Nideggen, Düren, Jülich, Linnich, Hückelhoven, Heinsberg (all in Germany) and Roermond (Netherlands).

Şərur

Coordinates: 39°32′45″N 44°58′20″E / 39.54583°N 44.97222°E / 39.54583; 44.97222

Şərur (also spelt Sharur, formerly Bashnorashen, Norashen, formerly Iliich (Ильич) and Il'ichëvsk (Ильичёвск) (1966–1990) after Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) is a town and the most populous municipality in and capital of the Sharur Rayon in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 6,964. It was the administrative center of Sharur-Daralagez uyezd of the Russian empire.

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Rur (disambiguation)

The Rur (not to be confused with "Ruhr") is a river in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.

Rur or RUR may also refer to: