"... The Emscher rises near Holzwickede (Unna district) in the Haarstrang, southeast of Dortmund, at an altitude of 147 m above sea level. to the west, from Castrop-Rauxel to the south-west, near the towns of Recklinghausen, Herten and Gelsenkirchen some streams, which have even formed their own side valleys, flow into the Emscher: the Hellbach, Holzbach and Resser Bach, the latter now in the Holzbach the Lanfer and Schwarzbach rivers are also diverted. At Dinslaken the Emscher currently flows into the Rhine, the original river mouth was at Duisburg. ... "
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