Nister (river)

{{Short description|River in Germany}}

{{Infobox river

| name = Nister

| image = Nistertal 006.jpg

| image_caption = The Nister between Wissen and Helmeroth

| source1_location = Westerwald

| mouth_location = Sieg

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|50|46|33|N|7|42|29|E|display=inline,title}}

| progression = {{RSieg}}

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Germany

| length_km = 63.8

| length_ref = {{GeoQuelle|DE-NW|GSK3C}}

| source1_elevation =

| discharge1_avg =

| basin_size_km2 = 246

| basin_size_ref = {{GeoQuelle|DE-NW|GSK3C}}

}}

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The Nister, also called the Great Nister ({{langx|de|Große Nister}}) to distinguish it from its tributary, the Black Nister, is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

The Nister is a right tributary of the Sieg. It is {{cvt|64|km}} long.{{GeoQuelle|DE-NW|GSK3C}} Its source is in the Westerwald hills, near Willingen. It flows south of Bad Marienberg and north of Hachenburg. Near Wissen the Nister flows into the Sieg.

It flows through the rocky upland region known as Kroppach Switzerland.