Essen valley (4)

I believe the answer is:

ruhr

(Other definitions for ruhr that I've seen before include "German industrial area" , "Rhine tributary, coal district" , "Major industrial region of north-west Germany" , "River and industrial region of northwest Germany" , "Ger. industrial region" .)

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