North Rhine-Westphalia | Rhine | Rhine Province | Prince Rupert of the Rhine | British Army of the Rhine | Steinhagen, North Rhine-Westphalia | Werther, North Rhine-Westphalia | Blankenheim, North Rhine-Westphalia | Rhine-Main S-Bahn | Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia | Upper Rhine Plain | Burbach, North Rhine-Westphalia | Watch on the Rhine | Schwalmtal, North Rhine-Westphalia | Iron Rhine | Graben | Blomberg, North Rhine-Westphalia | the Left North Rhine-Westphalia | Lower Rhine region | Lower Rhine | Kranenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia | Count Palatine of the Rhine | Borken, North Rhine-Westphalia | Upper Rhine Railway | S11 (Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn) | Rudolf II, Count Palatine of the Rhine | Rhine–Main–Danube Canal | Rhine Falls | Over-the-Rhine | Middle Rhine |
The system began to form during the Late Eocene and parts, particularly the Upper and Lower Rhine Grabens, remain seismically active today and are responsible for most of the larger earthquakes in Europe, north of the Alps.
The outer boundary of this hill ridge runs from the Kleinkarlbach in the northeast, southwards along the edge of the Rhine Graben, before swinging southwest at Leistadt.