Editing Düsseldorf (section)

===Physical geography===
[[File:Düssel.png|thumb|The course of the Düssel from its source in the Düssel Hill Country (Düsselhügelland) ([[:de:Düsselhügelland|de]]) through the [[Neandertal (valley)|Neandertal]] to Düsseldorf, where it forms three [[River bifurcation|bifurcations]], dividing into the four branches (from north to south) Kittelbach, Nördliche Düssel, Südliche Düssel and Brückerbach]]
[[File:Düsseldorf Panorama.jpg|thumb|Düsseldorf skyline]]
Düsseldorf lies at the centre of the [[Lower Rhine]] basin, where the delta of the [[Düssel]] flows into the Rhine. The city lies on the east side of the Rhine, except [[District 4, Düsseldorf|District 4]] ([[Düsseldorf-Oberkassel|Oberkassel]], [[Düsseldorf-Niederkassel|Niederkassel]], [[Düsseldorf-Heerdt|Heerdt]] and [[Düsseldorf-Lörick|Lörick]]). Across the Rhine, the city of [[Neuss]] stands on the delta of the [[Erft]]. Düsseldorf lies southwest of the [[Ruhr]] urban area, and in the middle of the [[Rhine-Ruhr]] metropolitan region.

Düsseldorf is built entirely on [[alluvium]], mud, sand, clay and occasionally gravel. The highest point in Düsseldorf is the top of Sandberg in the far eastern part of the city ([[Düsseldorf-Hubbelrath|Hubbelrath]] borough) at {{convert|165|m|ft|0}}. The lowest point is at the far northern end in [[Düsseldorf-Wittlaer|Wittlaer]] borough where the Schwarzbach enters the Rhine, with an average elevation of {{convert|28|m|ft|0}}.