The Elz () is a small
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...
in
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
, a right tributary of the
Neckar
The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis near Schwenn ...
. It rises in the
Odenwald
The Odenwald () is a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg.
Location
The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried'' (the northeastern section ...
. The Elz flows through
Mudau
Mudau is a municipality in the Neckar-Odenwald district, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. it has 4,833 inhabitants.
Geography
Mudau lies in the southeastern Odenwald mountains between the Neckar and Main rivers, 75 km southeast of Frankfurt ...
,
Limbach and
Mosbach
Mosbach (; South Franconian: ''Mossbach'') is a town in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the seat of the Neckar-Odenwald district and has a population of approximately 25,000 distributed in six boroughs: Mosbach Town, Lohrbach, N ...
before reaching the Neckar in
Neckarelz
Neckarelz is a suburb of Mosbach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Geography
Neckarelz is in northern Baden-Württemberg, between the Odenwald and Kraichgau, at the confluence of the Neckar and Elz rivers. On the other side of the Neckar, are t ...
, a borough of Mosbach. Its length is 40 kilometres.
Tributaries and Lakes
(River length according to LUBW online map )
* Eisengraben, left tributary, 2.4km
* Wasserrausch, left tributary, 2.3 km
* Steinigsbächlein, left tributary, meets the Elz in (Mittel-)Langenelz, 0.9 km
* Seeschlagbächlein, left tributary, 1.3 km
* Einbach, left tributary, 2.6 km
* unnamed creek, right tributary, 2.5 km
* Landgraben, left tributary, 5.4 km
* unnamed creek, right tributary, 2.4 km
* Guckenbach, left tributary, meets the Elz in
Rittersbach
Elztal is a municipality in the Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is named after the valley of the river Elz.
Geography
The municipality Elztal is located in the southern part of the Odenwald, close to Mosbach at ...
, 4.7 km
* Muckbach, right tributary, 3.8 km
* unnamed creek, right tributary, 1.4 km
* Auerbach, left tributary, 5.7 km
* unnamed creek, right tributary, 0.7 km
* Luttenbach, left tributary, 2.4 km
* Danterquellgraben, left tributary,
*
Trienzbach, right tributary, 19.1 km
* unnamed creek, left tributary, 0.6 km
* Klingengraben, right tributary, 2.8 km
* Hasbach, right tributary, 3.6 km
* Wolfsgraben, right tributary, 1.7 km
* unnamed creek, left tributary,1.3 km
* unnamed creek, left tributary, 1.7 km
* unnamed creek, left tributary, 2.1 km
* Nüstenbach, right tributary, 5.2 km
References
Rivers of Baden-Württemberg
Rivers of Germany
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