The Riveris is an
orographically
Orography is the study of the topographic relief of mountains, and can more broadly include hills, and any part of a region's elevated terrain. Orography (also known as ''oreography'', ''orology'' or ''oreology'') falls within the broader discip ...
right-hand, southern
tributary of the
River Ruwer
The Ruwer is a river in Germany with a length of . It is a right tributary of the Moselle. The valley of the Ruwer is a part of the Moselle wine-growing region near Trier in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is famous for its Riesling wines, ...
in the German state of
Rhineland-Palatinate. It was impounded in 1953 by the which ''inter alia'' supplies water to the town of
Trier. The name Riveris is derived from the
Latin and means "little river".
Geography
The Riveris is formed by the confluence of the ''Eschbach'' (length: ) and ''Altweiherbach'' (length: ) at an elevation of . The longer Eschbach rises in the
Osburg Forest on the western flank of the
Hohe Wurzel (669 m) at a height of . The stream flows mainly in a westerly direction to the Riveris Dam and then turns northwards. The only settlement that the river flows through is the eponymous village of
Riveris
Riveris is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after ...
. After the river empties from the right at an elevation of into the
Ruwer. The river descends through 436 metres at a gradient of 32.8 ‰. The Riveris drains a
catchment area of and its waters flow through the Ruwer,
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; german: Mosel ; lb, Musel ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France and Luxembourg to western Germany. It is a bank (geography), left bank tributary of the Rhine, which it jo ...
and
Rhine into the
North Sea.
See also
*
List of rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
References
External links
Riveris Dam
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Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rivers of Germany