Rivers that flow into the sea are sorted geographically, along the coast. Rivers that flow into other rivers are sorted by the proximity of their points of confluence to the sea (the lower in the list, the more upstream). Some rivers (the
Meuse, for example) do not flow through Germany themselves, but they are mentioned for having German tributaries. They appear in
italics. For clarity, only rivers that are longer than (or have longer tributaries) are included in this section; see the below for a more comprehensive list).
Draining into the Baltic Sea The rivers in this section are sorted northwest (Danish border) to east (Polish border) and drain into the
Baltic Sea: •
Schwentine (in
Kiel) •
Trave (in
Lübeck-
Travemünde) •
Stepenitz (near Travemünde) •
Warnow (in
Warnemünde) •
Nebel (in
Bützow) •
Recknitz (in
Ribnitz-Damgarten) •
Peenestrom (in
Peenemünde) •
Peene (near
Anklam) •
Tollense (in
Demmin) • branch of river
Oder (from
Oder Lagoon) •
Świna/Swine (in
Świnoujście,
Poland) •
Uecker (into Oder Lagoon in
Ueckermünde) •
Oder (into Oder Lagoon near
Szczecin, Poland) •
Lusatian Neisse (Lausitzer Neiße) (near
Eisenhüttenstadt)
Draining into the Black Sea These rivers drain into the
Black Sea: •
Danube (in
Sulina, Romania) •
Inn (in
Passau) •
Rott (in
Schärding) •
Rott (in
Rott am Inn) •
Salzach (in
Haiming) •
Saalach (in
Freilassing) •
Alz (in
Marktl) •
Chiemsee (in
Seebruck) •
Tiroler Achen (in
Grabenstätt) •
Isen (in
Neuötting) •
Mangfall (in
Rosenheim) •
Ilz (in Passau) •
Vils (in
Vilshofen) •
Isar (near
Deggendorf) •
Amper/Ammer (near
Moosburg) •
Loisach (near
Wolfratshausen) •
Große Laber (near
Straubing) •
Regen (in
Regensburg) •
Chamb (in
Cham) •
Naab (near Regensburg) •
Vils (in
Kallmünz) •
Schwarze Laber (in
Sinzing) •
Altmühl (in
Kelheim) •
Abens (near
Neustadt (Donau)) •
Ilm (near Neustadt (Donau)) •
Paar (near
Vohburg) •
Friedberger Ach (near
Oberhausen) •
Lech (near
Donauwörth) •
Wertach (in
Augsburg) •
Schmutter (in
Donauwörth) •
Zusam (in Donauwörth) •
Wörnitz (in Donauwörth) •
Brenz (in
Lauingen) •
Mindel (near
Günzburg) •
Kammel (near
Offingen) •
Günz (in Günzburg) •
Iller (in
Ulm) •
Rot (in
Erbach an der Donau) •
Riß (near
Ehingen) •
Lauchert (near
Sigmaringen)
Draining into the North Sea The rivers in this section are sorted southwest (Netherlands) to east (Danish border) and drain into the
North Sea: •
Maas (main branch at
Stellendam, Netherlands) •
Niers (in
Gennep, Netherlands) •
Rur/Roer (in
Roermond, Netherlands) •
Wurm (near
Heinsberg) •
Inde (in
Jülich) •
Rhine/Rhein (main branch at
Hook of Holland,
Netherlands) •
Lower Rhine (from
Bonn to North Sea) •
Lippe (in
Wesel) •
Alme (in
Paderborn) •
Emscher (near
Dinslaken) •
Ruhr (in
Duisburg) •
Volme (near
Hagen) •
Lenne (near
Hagen) •
Möhne (in
Neheim-Hüsten) •
Erft (in
Neuss) •
Wupper/Wipper (in
Leverkusen) •
Sieg (in Bonn) •
Agger (in
Siegburg) •
Nister (in
Wissen) •
Middle Rhine (from mouth of River Nahe to Bonn) •
Ahr (near
Sinzig) •
Wied (in
Neuwied) •
Moselle (in
Koblenz) •
Elzbach (in
Moselkern) •
Alf (in
Alf) •
Lieser (near
Bernkastel-Kues) •
Salm (near
Klüsserath) •
Kyll (near
Trier-Ehrang) •
Saar (near
Konz) •
Nied (near
Rehlingen-Siersburg) •
Prims (in
Dillingen) •
Blies (in
Sarreguemines) •
Schwarzbach (near
Zweibrücken) •
Sauer (in
Wasserbillig) •
Prüm (near
Echternach) •
Nims (in
Irrel) •
Our (in
Wallendorf) •
Lahn (in
Lahnstein) •
Aar (in
Diez) •
Weil (in
Weilburg) •
Dill (in
Wetzlar) •
Ohm (in
Cölbe) •
Nahe (in
Bingen) •
Alsenz (near
Bad Kreuznach) •
Glan (near
Bad Sobernheim) •
Upper Rhine (from
Rhine knee in
Basel to mouth of River Nahe) •
Selz (in
Ingelheim) •
Main (in
Mainz) •
Nidda (in
Frankfurt-Höchst) •
Wetter (in
Niddatal) •
Kinzig (in
Hanau) •
Tauber (in
Wertheim am Main) •
Franconian Saale (in
Gemünden am Main) •
Regnitz (in
Bamberg) •
Pegnitz (in
Fürth) •
Rednitz (in
Fürth) •
Franconian Rezat (in
Georgensgmünd) •
Swabian Rezat (in Georgensgmünd) •
Itz (in
Baunach) •
Red Main (near
Kulmbach) •
Neckar (in
Mannheim) •
Jagst (near
Bad Friedrichshall) •
Kocher (in Bad Friedrichshall) •
Enz (in
Besigheim) •
Glems (near
Markgröningen-
Unterriexingen) •
Murr (in
Marbach am Neckar) •
Rems (in
Remseck) •
Fils (in
Plochingen) •
Queich (near
Germersheim) •
Pfinz (near Germersheim) •
Lauter (in
Lauterbourg) •
Murg (near
Rastatt) •
Sauer (in
Seltz,
France) •
Acher (near
Lichtenau) •
Rench (near Lichtenau) •
Kinzig (near
Kehl) •
Schutter (near Kehl) •
Elz (near
Lahr) •
Kander (near
Weil am Rhein) •
Wiese (near
Basel,
Switzerland) •
High Rhine (from Lake Constance to Rhine knee at Basel) •
Wehra (near
Bad Säckingen) •
Murg (in
Murg) •
Alb (in
Albbruck) •
Wutach (in
Waldshut-Tiengen) •
Schlücht (in Waldshut-Tiengen) •
Steina (in Waldshut-Tiengen) •
Klingengraben (in
Lauchringen) •
Schwarzbach (near Lauchringen) •
Biber (near
Hemishofen, Switzerland) •
Lake Constance () •
Radolfzeller Aach (into
Lower Lake Constance in
Radolfzell) •
Stockacher Aach (into
Upper Lake Constance in
Bodman-Ludwigshafen) •
Seefelder Aach (into Upper Lake Constance in
Uhldingen-Mühlhofen) •
Brunnisach (into Upper Lake Constance near
Friedrichshafen) •
Rotach (into Upper Lake Constance in
Friedrichshafen) •
Schussen (into Upper Lake Constance in
Eriskirch) •
Scherzach (near
Ravensburg) •
Wolfegger Ach (near
Weingarten) •
Argen (into Upper Lake Constance in
Langenargen) •
Bollenbach (near
Tettnang) •
Leiblach (into Upper Lake Constance near
Lindau;
Austria–Germany border) •
IJssel (into the
IJsselmeer near
Kampen, Netherlands) •
Berkel (in
Zutphen, Netherlands) •
Oude IJssel/Issel (in
Doesburg, Netherlands) •
Zwarte Water (into the IJsselmeer near
Genemuiden, Netherlands) •
Vechte (near
Zwolle, Netherlands) •
Dinkel (in
Neuenhaus) •
Ems (near
Delfzijl, Netherlands) •
Hase (in
Meppen) •
Weser (near
Bremerhaven) •
Hunte (in
Elsfleth) •
Lesum (in
Bremen-Vegesack) •
Wümme (in
Ritterhude) •
Aller (near
Verden (Aller)) •
Böhme (near
Rethem) •
Leine (near
Schwarmstedt) •
Innerste (near
Sarstedt) •
Rhume (in
Northeim) •
Oder (Harz) (in
Katlenburg-Lindau) •
Örtze (in
Winsen) •
Fuhse (in
Celle) •
Oker (in
Müden (Aller)) •
Schunter (near
Braunschweig) •
Werre (in
Bad Oeynhausen) •
Diemel (in
Bad Karlshafen) •
Fulda (in
Hann. Münden) •
Eder (in
Edermünde) •
Schwalm (near
Fritzlar) •
Haune (in
Bad Hersfeld) •
Werra (in Hannoversch Münden) •
Hörsel (near
Eisenach) •
Ulster (in
Philippsthal) •
Elbe (near
Cuxhaven) •
Oste (near
Otterndorf) •
Stör (near
Glückstadt) •
Alster (in
Hamburg) •
Bille (near Hamburg) •
Ilmenau (near
Winsen (Luhe)) •
Jeetzel (in
Hitzacker) •
Löcknitz (near
Dömitz) •
Elde (near
Lenzen) •
Aland (in
Schnackenburg) •
Stepenitz (in
Wittenberge) •
Havel (near
Havelberg) •
Dosse (near Havelberg) •
Rhin (near
Warnau) •
Plane (near
Brandenburg) •
Nuthe (in
Potsdam) •
Spree (in
Berlin-Spandau) •
Dahme (in
Berlin-Köpenick) •
Ohre (near
Burg) •
Saale (in
Barby) •
Bode (in
Nienburg (Saale)) •
Wipper (Saale) (near
Bernburg) •
White Elster (near
Halle (Saale)) •
Parthe (in
Leipzig) •
Pleiße (in Leipzig) •
Weida (near
Gera) •
Unstrut (near
Naumburg) •
Helme (near
Kalbsrieth) •
Ichte (near
Pützlingen) •
Wipper (near
Heldrungen) •
Gera (in
Straußfurt) •
Ilm (in
Großheringen) •
Schwarza (in
Schwarza) •
Mulde (in
Dessau) •
Zwickauer Mulde (near
Colditz) •
Chemnitz (near
Wechselburg) •
Freiberger Mulde (near Colditz) •
Zschopau (near
Döbeln) •
Black Elster (near
Wittenberg) •
Weißeritz (in
Dresden) •
Wild Weißeritz (in
Freital) •
Wesenitz (in
Pirna) •
Ohře/Eger (in
Litoměřice,
Czech Republic) •
Vltava (in
Mělník, Czech Republic) •
Berounka (near
Prague, Czech Republic) •
Mže/Mies (in
Plzeň, Czech Republic) •
Eider (in
Tönning) •
Treene (in
Friedrichstadt) ==Alphabetical list==