The Erft is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows through the foothills of the Eifel, and joins the Rhine river. Its origin is near Nettersheim , and its mouth in Neuss. The river is 103 km long, which is significantly shorter than it was originally. Due to the open-pit mining of lignite in the Hambacher Loch the flow of the river had to be changed.
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