The Elz () is a small

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the ...

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...

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, a right tributary of the

Neckar The Neckar () is a river in Germany, mainly flowing through the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, with a short section through Hesse. The Neckar is a major right tributary of the Rhine. Rising in the Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis near Sc ...

. It rises in the

Odenwald The Odenwald () is a low mountain range in the German states of Hesse, Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg. Location The Odenwald is located between the Upper Rhine Plain with the Bergstraße and the ''Hessisches Ried'' (the northeastern se ...

. The Elz flows through Mudau, Limbach and

Mosbach Mosbach (; South Franconian: ''Mossbach'') is a town in the north of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the seat of the Neckar-Odenwald district and has a population of approximately 25,000 distributed in six boroughs: Mosbach Town, Lohrbach, ...

before reaching the Neckar in Neckarelz, a borough of Mosbach. Its length is 40 kilometres.

Tributaries and Lakes

(River length according to LUBW online map ) * Eisengraben, left tributary, 2.4km * Wasserrausch, left tributary, 2.3 km * Steinigsbächlein, left tributary, meets the Elz in (Mittel-)Langenelz, 0.9 km * Seeschlagbächlein, left tributary, 1.3 km * Einbach, left tributary, 2.6 km * unnamed creek, right tributary, 2.5 km * Landgraben, left tributary, 5.4 km * unnamed creek, right tributary, 2.4 km * Guckenbach, left tributary, meets the Elz in

Rittersbach Elztal is a municipality in the Neckar-Odenwald district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is named after the valley of the river Elz. Geography The municipality Elztal is located in the southern part of the Odenwald, close to Mosbach at ...

, 4.7 km * Muckbach, right tributary, 3.8 km * unnamed creek, right tributary, 1.4 km * Auerbach, left tributary, 5.7 km * unnamed creek, right tributary, 0.7 km * Luttenbach, left tributary, 2.4 km * Danterquellgraben, left tributary, * Trienzbach, right tributary, 19.1 km * unnamed creek, left tributary, 0.6 km * Klingengraben, right tributary, 2.8 km * Hasbach, right tributary, 3.6 km * Wolfsgraben, right tributary, 1.7 km * unnamed creek, left tributary,1.3 km * unnamed creek, left tributary, 1.7 km * unnamed creek, left tributary, 2.1 km * Nüstenbach, right tributary, 5.2 km Neckarelz Diedesheim Obrigheim

References

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