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Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Location
- Eastern Westphalia
- Elevation
- ±140 m (460 ft)
- Length
- 220.3 km (136.9 mi)
- Basin size
- 4,889.9 km (1,888.0 sq mi)
- Progression
- Rhine → North Sea
- Left
- Pader , Alme , Ahse , Seseke
- Right
- Glenne , Stever
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 10
- Image
- LippePanorama.jpg
- Length
- 255
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- Commons gallery
- Lippe
- Commons category
- Lippe River
- watershed area
- 4882
- discharge
- 241.0
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In the Ruhr area, the Lippe River (top) runs east to west, roughly parallel the Ruhr River to the south. The Lippe ( German pronunciation: [ˈlɪpə] ) is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Rhine and 220.3 km (136.9 mi) in length with an elevation difference of 125 metres and a catchment area of 4.890 km². The source is located at the edge of the Teutoburg Forest in Bad Lippspringe close to the city of Paderborn. It runs westward through Paderborn, Lippstadt and then along the northern edge of the Ruhr area, parallel to the river Emscher and river Ruhr. The river finally enters the Rhine at Wesel.
Description and history