Ems (river)
| Ems | |
|---|---|
The Ems near Lingen | |
River system of the Ems | |
| Location | |
| Country | Germany and Netherlands(part of watershed) |
| States | Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Region | Emsland |
| Cities | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Schloß Holte-Stukenbrock |
| • coordinates | 51°51′21″N 8°41′55″E / 51.85583°N 8.69861°E |
| • elevation | 134 m (440 ft) |
| Mouth | Dollart Bay/North Sea |
• location | Emden |
• coordinates | 53°19′32″N 7°14′41″E / 53.32556°N 7.24472°E |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Length | 362.4 km (225.2 mi) |
| Basin size | 17,934 km2 (6,924 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Emden |
| • average | 80 m3/s (2,800 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Leda, Hase |
The Ems (German: Ems [ɛms] ⓘ; Dutch: Eems [eːms] ⓘ) is a river in northwestern Germany. It runs through the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, and discharges into the Dollart Bay which is part of the Wadden Sea. Its total length is 362.4 kilometres (225.2 mi). The state border between the Lower Saxon area of East Friesland (Germany) and the province of Groningen (Netherlands), whose exact course was the subject of a border dispute between Germany and the Netherlands (settled in 2014), runs through the Ems estuary.