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The Neckar river Picture of the river Neckar taken in/from the Old Bridge of Heidelberg (Germany) Date: Sep-2005 Camera: Minolta Dimage-XT Comments: The Neckar is a major tributary of the River Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim. Rising in the Black Forest, it flows through a steep valley in the Odenwald hills and passes through Tübingen, Nürtingen, Esslingen, Stuttgart, and Heidelberg. The total length of the Neckar from its source near Villingen-Schwenningen to the Rhine is 367 km. The Neckar is navigable for cargo ships up to the river port of Plochingen (about 200 km upstream from Mannheim). |