The Nette () is a small

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia or North-Rhine/Westphalia, commonly shortened to NRW, is a States of Germany, state () in Old states of Germany, Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhabitants, it is the List of German states by population, most ...

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, a left tributary of the Niers. It rises near Dülken, a borough of

Viersen Viersen (; ) is the capital of the Viersen (district), 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 ...

. The Nette flows through Viersen-Boisheim and

Nettetal Nettetal (, ) is a municipality in the Viersen (district), 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 (Germany) ...

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 halfway between Duisburg and Venlo Venlo () is a List of cities in the ...

. 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 (; ) or NMSM is a cross-border nature park in Germany and the Netherlands, which was founded in 2002. It is a regionally important recreation area. Description The park has an area of 870 km2. Its nam ...

is named after the river.

References

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