North Rhine-Westphalia
Map of North Rhine-Westphalia
060 km (37 mi)120 km (75 mi)180 km (112 mi)240 km (149 mi)
Height
-203 m (-666 ft), 30 m (98 ft), 75 m (246 ft), 150 m (492 ft), 250 m (820 ft), 400 m (1310 ft), 500 m (1640 ft), 600 m (1970 ft), 750 m (2460 ft), Max altitude 854 m (2800 ft)Sea depth
0 m (0 ft), 150 m (492 ft), 600 m (1970 ft), 1800 m (5910 ft), 3200 m (10500 ft), deeper than 5200 m (17060 ft)Height from west to east in North Rhine-Westphalia
Height from south to north in North Rhine-Westphalia
1Rhine9 to 57 m2Lippe28 to 339 m3Ruhr29 to 534 m
Natural Earth · GEBCO 2026 Grid · Lakes: HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016, CC BY 4.0) · This product incorporates data from the GDW database © Global Dam Watch (2024) · Names: GeoNames (CC BY)
Basic Information
Capital City: Düsseldorf
Population: 17,890,489 (Wikidata, 2022)
Area: 34,113 km² / 13,171 sq mi
Created: 1946
Subdivisions: 5
Geography
Highest Elevation Point: Langenberg (844 m)
Lowest point: −203 m
Borders
- Gelderland — Northwest
- Overijssel — Northwest
- Limburg — West
- Liege — Southwest
- Hesse — Southeast
- Lower Saxony — Northeast
- Rhineland-Palatinate — South
Technical Information
Time Zone: UTC+01:00, UTC+02:00