Kahl (river)

Kahl

File:Kahl.jpg
Kahl in Alzenau.
Location	Bavaria, Hesse, Germany
Reference no.	DE: 24772
Length	32.4 km
Source	near Kleinkahl
Mouth	in Kahl into the Main
Basin	Rhine
Progression	Main → Rhine → North Sea
Catchment	198.35 km²
Discharge	Average mid:   1.89 m³/sdep1

The Kahl is a river in the northern Spessart in Bavaria and Hesse, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Main and is 32 km (19.9 mi) long. The name Kahl comes from the Old High German 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 largest tributaries are Westerbach, Sommerkahl, Reichenbach and Geiselbach.

Tributaries

Tributaries from source to mouth:

Left

• Edelbach
• Kleine Kahl
• Kleiner Laudenbach
• Höllenbach
• Sommerkahl
• Blankenbach
• Erbach
• Feldkahl
• Weibersbach
• Reichenbach
• Forstgraben
• Rappach
• Fleutersbach
• Hemsbach
• Hitziger Lochgraben
• Kertelbach
• Krebsbach
• Neuwiesenbach

Right

• Lindenbach
• Habersbach
• Westerbach
• Krombach
• Sterzenbach
• Schlossgraben
• Oberschurbach
• Steinbach
• Geiselbach
• Wolfsbach
• Weibersbach
• Goldbach
• Streubach
• Sälzerbach

• Rechte Kahlquelle.jpg

  The right spring of the Kahl

• Linke Kahlquelle.jpg

  The left spring

• Kahlmündung2.JPG

  Mouth in the river Main