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Ruhr Valley

 
Geography: Ruhr Valley
 
(roor)

Valley of the Ruhr River, in west-central Germany; Germany's principal industrial region.

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Meaning #1: a major industrial and coal mining region in the valley of the Ruhr river in northwestern Germany
  Synonym: Ruhr


 
 

 

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Geography. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Edited by E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil. Copyright © 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin. All rights reserved.  Read more
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