The Usa is a river that is long in

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. It is right tributary of the Wetter, which it joins at the outskirts of Friedberg. Its source is in the

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mountains, near the town

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. The principal towns along the river are

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and Friedberg.

Tributaries

The following rivers are tributaries to the river Usa (from source to mouth): *Left: Ansbach, Arnsbach, Schleichenbach,

Stockheimer Bach Stockheimer Bach is a small river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Usa near Usingen. See also *List of rivers of Hesse A list of rivers of Hesse, Germany: A *Aar, tributary of the Dill *Aar, tributary of the Lahn *Aar, tributary of the ...

, Eschbach, Dittenbach, Michelbach, Detzelbach,

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, Fauerbach *Right: Heisterbach, Schlichenbach,

Röllbach Röllbach is a municipality in the Miltenberg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Administrative Community) of Mönchberg. Geography ...

, Wiesbach,

Holzbach Holzbach is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' Simmern- ...

Vogelthal-Bach Vogelthal-Bach is a small river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Usa near Ober-Mörlen. See also *List of rivers of Hesse A list of rivers of Hesse, Germany: A *Aar, tributary of the Dill *Aar, tributary of the Lahn *Aar, tributary of ...

Aitzenbach Aitzenbach is a small river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Usa near Ober-Mörlen. See also *List of rivers of Hesse A list of rivers of Hesse, Germany: A *Aar, tributary of the Dill *Aar, tributary of the Lahn *Aar, tributary of the T ...

, Hainbach,

Deutergraben Deutergraben is a small river of Hesse, Germany. It flows into the Usa in Bad Nauheim. See also *List of rivers of Hesse A list of rivers of Hesse, Germany: A *Aar, tributary of the Dill *Aar, tributary of the Lahn *Aar, tributary of the Tw ...

, Seebach

References

Rivers of Hesse Rivers of the Taunus Rivers of Germany {{Hesse-river-stub