The Bära is a river in

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. The Bära is a tributary of the

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, and originates at the confluence of the Obere Bära (''Upper Bära'') and the Untere Bära (''Lower Bära''). The Bära, together with the Lower Bära, which is longer and has a larger drainage basin, has a combined length of . Obere and Untere Bära join to form the Bära in the ''Galgenwiesen'' ("gallows meadow"), about four kilometers above the resort of Bärenthal. This runs moderately without significant inflow a further south-southeast in Talschlingen, draining an additional area of . Passing through Bärenthal at last it flows into Fridingen and there, near the town mill, it flows last of all in a southwesterly direction into the upper Danube, approximately at the entrance to the Fridingen Danube Bend.

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* Rivers of Baden-Württemberg Rivers of Germany {{BadenWürttemberg-river-stub

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