The Rabnitz () is a river in eastern

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and northwestern

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. Its basin area is . The Rabnitz is formed at the

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of its two headstreams Spratzbach and Thalbach near Hollenthon in

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. It flows towards the east through Burgenland, and enters

( Győr-Moson-Sopron County) near Répcevis. It receives the Hanság-főcsatorna, the canal that drains the Neusiedler See, from the left, after that changes Hungarian name to Rábca from Répce. It discharges into the Moson branch of the

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near Győr.

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