Kahl (river)
Kahl | |
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
States | Bavaria and Hesse |
Reference no. | DE: 24772 |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | near Kleinkahl |
• coordinates | 50°07′17″N 9°18′59″E / 50.121444°N 9.3163311°E |
Mouth | |
• location | in Kahl into the Main |
• coordinates | 50°03′59″N 8°59′29″E / 50.066361°N 8.9914512°ECoordinates: 50°03′59″N 8°59′29″E / 50.066361°N 8.9914512°E |
Length | 35.6 km (22.1 mi) [1] |
Basin size | 206 km2 (80 sq mi) [1] |
Discharge | |
• average | 1.89 m3/s (67 cu ft/s)[2] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Main→ Rhine→ North Sea |
The Kahl is a river in the northern Spessart in Bavaria and Hesse, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Main and is 35.6 km (22.1 mi) long.[1] The name Kahl comes from the Old High German word kaldaha, which means cool and clear. The Kahl rises from two sources left and right of the road at the foot of the Spessart hills, near Kleinkahl. These springs produce 50–60 litres per second. The Kahl flows into the river Main in Kahl am Main. The mouth is near the old Kahl Nuclear Power Plant. The largest tributaries are Westerbach, Sommerkahl, Reichenbach and Geiselbach.[citation needed]
Tributaries[]
Tributaries from source to mouth:
Left
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Right
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The right spring of the Kahl
The left spring
Mouth in the river Main
See also[]
References[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kahl. |
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Complete table of the Bavarian Waterbody Register by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (xls, 10.3 MB)
- ^ Hochwassernachrichtendienst Bayern
Categories:
- Tributaries of the Main
- Rivers of Bavaria
- Kahl basin
- Rivers of the Spessart
- Main-Kinzig-Kreis
- Aschaffenburg (district)
- Rivers of Germany
- Rivers of Hesse
- Bavaria river stubs
- Hesse river stubs