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and runs along the Werse and its surrounding countryside for 122 km. The cycleway ends near the confluence with the Ems near Münster-Gelmer.
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634:Navigation
622:Sud Mill (
609:Werse Mill
572:Umlaufbach
460:Kingfisher
381:Kollenbach
252:Basin size
201:52°02′05″N
116:51°45′29″N
585:Emmerbach
555:Elkerbach
444:Pikeperch
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569:Suerbach
566:Erlebach
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376:Lippbach
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39:Location
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358:areas.
287:Münster
48:Germany
44:Country
372:Beckum
362:Course
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