Lieser (river)
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| The official source of the Lieser near Boxberg | |
| Location | Eifel; counties of Vulkaneifel and Bernkastel-Wittlich; Rhineland-Palatinate  Germany |
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| Reference no. | DE: 2678 |
| Length | 73.6 km [1] |
| Source | In the High Eifel near Boxberg 50°16′19″N 6°51′23″E / 50.272000°N 6.856306°ECoordinates: 50°16′19″N 6°51′23″E / 50.272000°N 6.856306°E |
| Source height | ca. 560 m above sea level (NHN) [2] |
| Mouth | Near Lieser into the Moselle 49°54′56″N 7°00′32″E / 49.915611°N 7.00889°E |
| Mouth height | ca. 108 m above sea level (NHN) [2] |
| Descent | ca. 452 m |
| Basin | Rhine |
| Progression | Moselle → Rhine → North Sea |
| Catchment | 402.4 km² [1] |
| Discharge at Plein gauge[3] |
Record low: 18 l/s (in 19.08.1998) Average low: 184 l/s Average mid: 3.49 m³/s Average high: 64.2 m³/s Record high: 124 m³/s (in 12.01.1993) |
| Right tributaries | Kleine Kyll (this and other below) |
| Left tributaries | Sterenbach (this and other below) |
| Small towns | Daun, Wittlich |
The Lieser is a small river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a left tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Eifel, near Boxberg, north of Daun. The Lieser flows south through Daun, Manderscheid and Wittlich. It flows into the Moselle west of the village of Lieser.
References
- 1 2 Geoexplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Authority (Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)
- 1 2 Official topographic map, 1:25,000 series.
- ↑ Pegel Plein, Data by the LfU Rhineland-Palatinate
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