Ems

Ems, a river in the north-west of Germany, rises in Westphalia, on the south-west slope of the Tentoburger Wald, flows first in a north-west and then through a moory region in a northern direction, and empties itself into Dollart Bay, an estuary of the German Ocean, after a course of 205 miles. It is navigable as far as Greven (139 miles). In 1818 it was connected by a canal with the Lippe, and thus with the Rhine. A canal uniting the Ems with the Jade was made in 1890, and one connecting the Ems with Dortmund in 1896.