The Nette is a small

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

, a left tributary of the

Niers The Niers (, ) is a river in Germany and The Netherlands, a right tributary of the river Maas (Meuse). Its wellspring is near Erkelenz, south of Mönchengladbach, in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany). Course and length The Niers flows through Mö ...

. It rises near

Dülken Dülken is a town located in the North Rhine-Westphalia state of Germany. It has a population of about 20,000. It is a borough of the municipality of Viersen. It received its town charter in 1364 thus being the oldest part of the municipality of Vi ...

, a borough of

Viersen Viersen (; li, Veeëse) is the capital of the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Viersen is situated approximately 8 km north-west of Mönchengladbach, 15 km south-west of Krefeld and 20 km east o ...

. The Nette flows through Viersen-Boisheim and

Nettetal Nettetal is a municipality in the district of Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated in the Lower Rhine region. History Nettetal was founded on January 1, 1970, when the former townships Leuth, Breyell, Hinsbeck and former to ...

before reaching the Niers in

Wachtendonk Wachtendonk at the confluence of Niers River and Nette River is a municipality in the district of Kleve in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Duisburg and Venlo at the Dutch Dutch commonly refers ...

. Its total length is ; its drainage area is . Krickenbeckerseen

Lakes

The Nette passes nine lakes on its way to Wachtendonk * Kleiner Breyeller See c. 5.3 ha * Großer Breyeller See c. 9.2 ha * Nettebruch c. 13.2 ha * Windmühlenbruch c. 6 ha * Ferkensbruch c. 4.5 ha * Kleiner de Wittsee c. 4.5 ha * Großer de Wittsee c. 22.5 ha * Schrolik c. 15.5 ha * Poelvennsee c. 24.5 ha The

Maas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park The Maas-Schwalm-Nette Nature Park (german: Naturpark Maas-Schwalm-Nette; nl, Grenspark Maas-Swalm-Nette) or NMSM is a cross-border nature park in Germany and the Netherlands, which was founded in 2002. It is a regionally important recreatio ...

is named after the river.

References

Rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia Rivers of Germany {{NorthRhineWestphalia-river-stub