Brohlbach is a river of
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...
,
Germany
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. It is a left tributary of the
Moselle
The Moselle ( , ; ; ) 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 joins at Koblenz. A sm ...
at
Treis-Karden.
History
The Brohlbach flows through the municipalities of
Kaisersesch and
Cochem in the
Cochem-Zell district. The source near
Düngenheim is 472
m.a.s.l. It then flows through the area of the municipalities of Eulgem, Gamlen, Kaifenheim, Brachtendorf, Dünfus, Forst (Eifel) and Brohl. It flows into
Treis-Karden at 82
m.a.s.l. into the Moselle.
Catchment area
The Brohlbach has a
catchment area
A catchment area in human geography, is the area from which a location, such as a city, service or institution, attracts a population that uses its services and economic opportunities. Catchment areas may be defined based on from where people are ...
of 35 km
2.
See also
*
List of rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
A list of rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany:
A
* Aar
* Adenauer Bach
* Ahr
* Alf
* Alfbach
* Appelbach
* Asdorf
* Aubach
B
* Birzenbach
* Blattbach
* Breitenbach
* Brexbach
* Brohlbach, tributary of the Moselle
* Brohlbach, tributary of t ...
References
Rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rivers of Germany
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