The Kahl is a

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 wat ...

in the northern

Spessart Spessart is a ''Mittelgebirge'', a range of low wooded mountains, in the States of Bavaria and Hesse in Germany. It is bordered by the Vogelsberg, Rhön and Odenwald. The highest elevation is the Geiersberg at 586 metres above sea level. Etym ...

Bavaria Bavaria ( ; ), officially the Free State of Bavaria (german: Freistaat Bayern, link=no ), is a state in the south-east of Germany. With an area of , Bavaria is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total lan ...

and

Hesse Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are Darms ...

, Germany. It is a right tributary of the

Main Main may refer to: Geography * Main River (disambiguation) **Most commonly the Main (river) in Germany * Main, Iran, a village in Fars Province *"Spanish Main", the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territories in the 16th and 17th centuries ...

and is long. The name Kahl comes from the

Old High German Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050. There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old Hig ...

word ''kaldaha'', which means cool and clear. The Kahl rises from two sources left and right of the road at the foot of the

hills, near

Kleinkahl Kleinkahl is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany, and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (municipal association) of Schöllkrippen. Kleinkahl h ...

. These springs produce 50–60 litres per second. The Kahl flows into the river Main in

Kahl am Main Kahl am Main (officially ''Kahl a. Main'') is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the '' Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It has around 7,500 inhabitants. Geography Location Kahl am Ma ...

. The mouth is near the old Kahl Nuclear Power Plant. The largest tributaries are Westerbach, Sommerkahl, Reichenbach and

Geiselbach Geiselbach is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. Geography Location Geiselbach lies on the Hesse-Bavaria boundary, 20 km north of Aschaffenbu ...

Tributaries

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from source to mouth: Left * Büchelbach * Edelbach * Kleine Kahl * Kleinlaudenbach * Höllenbach * Sommerkahl * Blankenbach * Erlenbach * Feldkahl * Weibersbach (not to be confused with the right tributary) * Reichenbach * Forstgraben * Rappach * Fleutersbach *

Hemsbach Hemsbach () is a town with approximately 12,000 inhabitants in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It belongs to the European Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (Lower Neckar region until 20 May 2003 and Rhine-Neckar-Odenwald ...

* Hitziger Lochgraben * Kertelbach * Krebsbach * Neuwiesenbach Right * Lindenbach * Habersbach * Westerbach * Krombach * Sterzenbach * Schloßgrundgraben * Oberschurbach * Steinbach *

* Wolfsbach * Weibersbach (not to be confused with the left tributary) * Goldbach * Streu * Sälzerbach File:Rechte Kahlquelle.jpg, The right spring of the Kahl File:Linke Kahlquelle.jpg, The left spring File:Kahlmündung2.JPG, Mouth in the river

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Rivers of Bavaria Rivers of the Spessart Main-Kinzig-Kreis Aschaffenburg (district) Rivers of Germany Rivers of Hesse {{Hesse-river-stub

Tributaries

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