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WUPPER , a See also:river of See also:Germany, a right-See also:bank tributary of the See also:Rhine, rising in the See also:Sauerland near Meinerzhagen . The most remarkable See also:part of its course is that in the so-called Wuppertal . In this See also:section, 30 M. in length, it passes through the populous towns of See also:Barmen and See also:Elberfeld and supplies See also:water-See also:power to about five See also:hundred See also:mills and factories . Leaving the hills above See also:Opladen, it debouches on to the See also:plain and enters the Rhine at Rheindorf between See also:Cologne and See also:Dusseldorf, after a course of 63 m . See A . See also:Schmidt, See also:Die Wupper (See also:Lennep, 1902) . |
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