__NOTOC__ The Naab ( Czech: ''Nába'') is a

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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 ...

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, and is a left tributary of the

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. Including its main source river

Waldnaab The Waldnaab ( Northern Bavarian: ''Woidnaab'', cs, Lesní Nába, in its upper course: ''Tirschenreuther Waldnaab'') is the left-hand, eastern and longest headstream of the River Naab in the Upper Palatinate (Bavaria, Germany). At its confluenc ...

, it is long. Its average

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at the

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is . The Naab is formed by the confluence of the

and the Haidenaab in

Luhe-Wildenau Luhe-Wildenau is a municipality in the district of Neustadt an der Waldnaab in Bavaria, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe ...

, south of

Weiden in der Oberpfalz Weiden in der Oberpfalz (official name: Weiden i.d.OPf.; Northern Bavarian: ''Weidn in da Owapfalz'') is a district-free city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located east of Nuremberg and west of the Czech border. A branch of the German Army is locat ...

. It flows generally south, through the towns

Nabburg Nabburg is a municipality in the district of Schwandorf, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Naab, 23 km east of Amberg. Town division 28 districts belong to Nabburg.: Climate Climate in this area has mild differences betwee ...

Schwandorf Schwandorf is a town on the river Naab in the Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, which is the seat of the Schwandorf district. Sights * Catholic parish church of St. Jakob * Kreuzberg Church: Catholic parish, monastic and pilgrimage church of ...

and Burglengenfeld. It flows into the

near

Regensburg Regensburg or is a city in eastern Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Naab and Regen rivers. It is capital of the Upper Palatinate subregion of the state in the south of Germany. With more than 150,000 inhabitants, Regensburg is the f ...

References

Sources

* ''Die Naab – mit Waldnaab, Fichtelnaab, Haidenaab.'' (2004) Luftbildband, 132 Seiten, Pustet, Regensburg, 2004. * ''Die Naab – Leben am Fluß im Wandel der Zeit.'' (1998) Buch & Kunstverlag Oberpfalz, Amberg,´

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Jura aktiv Labertal und Naabtal erleben
Rivers of Bavaria Rivers of the Upper Palatine Forest Rivers of Germany {{Bavaria-river-stub

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