This river is crossed by the world’s longest single-span bridge for pedestrians and cyclists near Huningue (“oo-NANG”). Many hydroelectric facilities lie along a “Grand Canal” parallel to this river near the town of Kembs (“KEHMSS”). This river, whose artificial mouth is the “New Waterway,” turned red and experienced mass fish death after a fire at the Sandoz chemical works. Human settlement of this river’s peatland delta likely caused its (*) Lek distributary to form. Distance markers along this river count kilometers from the bridge at Lake Constance. A “land” named for this river is a major industrial area near where the Ruhr flows into this river, including the cities of Mainz (“MIGHNTS”) and Bonn. For 10 points each, name this river that forms much of the Franco-German border before flowing into the North Sea. ■END■
ANSWER: Rhine River [accept der Rhein; accept Rijn; accept le Rhin]
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