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 wate ...

in the northern Spessart in

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and

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. 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

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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 Kahl plant was the first nuclear power plant ever to be built in Germany. It was located in Karlstein am Main and was an (at the time) experimental boiling water reactor. It was built by General Electric and supplied by Siemens. At the end o ...

. The largest tributaries are Westerbach,

Sommerkahl Sommerkahl 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. It has a popu ...

, Reichenbach and Geiselbach.

Tributaries

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from source to mouth: Left * Büchelbach * Edelbach *

Kleine Kahl The Kleine Kahl (''"Little Kahl"'') is a left tributary of the Kahl (river), Kahl in the northern Spessart in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. The spring is located about 2 km southeast of Kleinkahl. In this community it flows into the Kahl ...

* Kleinlaudenbach * Höllenbach *

Blankenbach Blankenbach is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany, and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Administrative Community) of Schöllkrippen. Geogra ...

* Erlenbach *

Feldkahl Feldkahl is a small river in Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Kahl in Schimborn. See also *List of rivers of Bavaria A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany: A * Aalbach * Abens * Ach * Afferbach *Affinger Bach *Ailsbach * Aisch * Aiterach ...

* 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 reg ...

* Hitziger Lochgraben * Kertelbach * Krebsbach *

Neuwiesenbach Neuwiesenbach is a small river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Kahl in Alzenau. See also *List of rivers of Bavaria A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany: A * Aalbach * Abens * Ach * Afferbach *Affinger Bach *Ailsbach * Aisch * Aitera ...

Right * Lindenbach *

Habersbach Habersbach is a small river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Kahl near Kleinkahl. See also *List of rivers of Bavaria A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany: A * Aalbach * Abens * Ach * Afferbach *Affinger Bach *Ailsbach * Aisch * Aiter ...

* Westerbach * Krombach * Sterzenbach * Schloßgrundgraben *

Oberschurbach Oberschurbach is a small river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Kahl in Mömbris. See also *List of rivers of Bavaria A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany: A * Aalbach * Abens * Ach * Afferbach *Affinger Bach *Ailsbach * Aisch * Aiter ...

* Steinbach * Geiselbach * 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

References

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