The Chamb () is a river in

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and the

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, a right

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of the

Regen Regen (; Northern Bavarian: ''Reng'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and the district town of the district of Regen. Geography Regen is situated on the great Regen River, located in the Bavarian Forest. Divisions Originally the town consiste ...

River. It flows through

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and

Plzeň Region Plzeň Region or Plzeňský Region (also known as Pilsen Region; ) is an Regions of the Czech Republic, administrative unit () of the Czech Republic, located in the western part of the historical land of Bohemia and named after the capital, Plz ...

. It is long.

Etymology

The name is derived from the Celtic word ''kambos'', which translates as 'crooked', 'twisted'.

Characteristic

The Chamb originates in the territory of

Chodská Lhota Chodská Lhota (until 1946 Lhota u Kdyně; ) is a municipality and village in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 400 inhabitants. Chodská Lhota lies approximately south-east of Domažlice, south-west ...

in the

Cham-Furth Depression The Cham-Furth Depression or Všeruby Highlands (, ) is a lowland in the Upper Palatine-Bavarian Forest that separates the Upper Palatinate Forest from the Bavarian Forest. At the same time it connects the Upper Palatinate with Bohemia. The Ger ...

at an elevation of and flows to

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, where it merges with the Regen River at an elevation of . It is long, of which is in Germany, is in the Czech Republic and forms the Czech-German border. Its

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

has an area of , of which is in Germany and is in the Czech Republic. The longest tributaries of the Chamb are:

Course

The river flows through the municipal territories of

Kdyně Kdyně (; ) is a town in Domažlice District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 5,200 inhabitants. Administrative division Kdyně consists of ten municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Kdyně ...

(briefly) and

Domažlice Domažlice (; ) is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 11,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument reservations, urban monument reser ...

in the Czech Republic, and through Eschlkam,

Furth im Wald Furth im Wald (in Czech ''Brod nad Lesy'', resp. ''Bavorský Brod'') is a town in Bavaria, Germany, near the Czech Republic, Czech border in the Bavarian Forest, northeast of Cham, Germany, Cham, and southwest of Domažlice. The city is known as ...

, Arnschwang,

Weiding Weiding () is a municipality in the district of Cham in Bavaria in Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to ...

and

in Germany.

Bodies of water

A significant body of water built on the Chamb is the Drachensee Reservoir, located in the territory of Furth im Wald. It was built in 2009 and has an area of . The main purpose of the reservoir is flood protection (river flow regulation). In addition, the western part of the reservoir is used for recreational purposes and the eastern part is a nesting ground for many species of water birds.

Nature

A population of

Eurasian beaver The Eurasian beaver (''Castor fiber'') or European beaver is a species of beaver widespread across Eurasia, with a rapidly increasing population of at least 1.5 million in 2020. The Eurasian beaver was hunted to near-extinction for both its fur ...

s (protected within the Czech Republic) lives in the upper course of the river. They built here

beaver dam A beaver dam or beaver impoundment is a dam built by beavers; it creates a pond which protects against predators such as coyotes, alligators, cougars, foxes, eagles, wolves and bears, and holds their food during winter. These structures modify th ...

s and water spilled over the banks causes damage to people's homes.

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