Duisburg is located in the Lowland Rhine area at the confluence of the Rhine and Ruhr and near the outskirts of the Bergisches Land. The city spreads along both sides of these rivers.
The following cities border Duisburg (clockwise starting from north-east): Oberhausen, M�lheim an der Ruhr, Ratingen, D�sseldorf, Meerbusch, Krefeld, Moers, Rheinberg, and Dinslaken
