| Ems | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Ems_Wasserfall_Hanekenfaehr.jpg) The Ems near Lingen | |
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Ems_river_system_topo.png) 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)[1] |
| 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 |
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The Ems (German: Ems; Dutch: Eems) 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).[1] 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.