Little Kyll
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| Waterfall near the Wolfsschlucht gorge | |
| Location | Vulkaneifel, Bernkastel-Wittlich; Rhineland-Palatinate; Germany |
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| Reference no. | DE: 26784 |
| Length | 23.879 km [1] |
| Source | On the heights of the Neroth woods in the county of Vulkaneifel 50°12′37″N 6°45′36″E / 50.210182°N 6.75988°ECoordinates: 50°12′37″N 6°45′36″E / 50.210182°N 6.75988°E |
| Source height | ca. 584 m above sea level (NHN) |
| Mouth | Discharges south of Manderscheid into the Lieser 50°03′48″N 6°48′51″E / 50.06322°N 6.814206°E |
| Mouth height | ca. 246 m above sea level (NHN) |
| Descent | ca. 338 m |
| Basin | Rhine |
| Progression | Lieser → Moselle → Rhine → North Sea |
| Catchment | 83.545 km² [1] |
| Right tributaries | See table |
| Left tributaries | See table |
| Villages | Neroth, Oberstadtfeld, Niederstadtfeld, Schutz |
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| Valley of the Kleine Kyll south of its confluence with the Meerbach | |
The Little Kyll[2][3] German: Kleine Kyll, pronounced: "kill") is a 23.9-kilometre-long orographically right-hand tributary of the Lieser.
Geography
Course
The Little Kyll rises two kilometre northeast of Neroth on the heights of the Neroth woods in the county of Vulkaneifel in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It flows in a southerly direction through the municipalities of Neroth, Oberstadtfeld, Niederstadtfeld and Schutz and empties into the Lieser south of Manderscheid, Bernkastel-Wittlich.
Tributaries
The tributaries of the Little Kyll include the following (in a downstream direction): [1]
| Name | GKZ | Length (km) | Direction | Confluene after km | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enzenbach | 2678412 | 2.6 | right | 21.3 | Neroth |
| Kreuzbach | 26784132 | 0.8 | right | 20.5 | |
| Dehmbach | 1.0 | right | 19.7 | ||
| Bach vom Birkenberg (Winkelbach) | 2678414 | 1.5 | left | 18.2 | Oberstadtfeld |
| Risselbach | 1.3 | left | 16.6 | Niederstadtfeld | |
| Kälberbach | 2678416 | 3.9 | right | 16.2 | Niederstadtfeld |
| Kerlbach | 1.0 | left | 15.2 | Niederstadtfeld | |
| Walmerbach | 267842 | 7.2 | right | 11.9 | Schutz |
| Speicherbach | 267844 | 3.5 | right | 10.0 | |
| Meerbach | 267846 | 4.2 | right | 6.3 | Meerfeld |
| Ellbach | 26784712 | 2.0 | right | 4.7 | |
| Dombach | 1.0 | left | 2.6 | Manderscheid | |
| Horngraben | 2678472 | 2.5 | right | 1.9 | |
| Fischbach | 267848 | 6.1 | right | 0.8 |
Recreation
In the area between Oberstadtfeld and Bleckhausener Mühle/Meerfeld the Kosmos Cycleway (Kosmosradweg) runs parallel to the Kleine Kyll.
At the confluence with the Horngraben, south of Manderscheid is the gorge of Wolfsschlucht[4] as well as a waterfall.
References
- 1 2 3 Geoexplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Authority (Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
- ↑ K. Baedeker (1870), The Rhine and Northern Germany: Handbook for Travellers, Coblenz: Baedeker, p. 116
- ↑ Charles B. MacDonald, United States Army in WWII - Europe - The Siegfried Line Campaign, p. xxx
- ↑ Wolfsschlucht und Kleine Kyll
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