The Glonn is a river of

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. The Glonn is long. It rises southeast of Mittelstetten in the district of Fürstenfeldbruck. It is the main tributary of the

Amper The Amper, called the Ammer upstream of the Ammersee, through which it runs, is the largest tributary of the Isar in southern Bavaria, Germany. It flows generally north-eastward, reaching the Isar in Moosburg, about from its source in the Amme ...

; at

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near

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it discharges from the left into the Amper. The Glonn flows through an agriculturally used area in the triangle between

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, Freising and

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. Larger places in its course are Odelzhausen, Erdweg, Markt Indersdorf, Weichs, Petershausen and Hohenkammer.

Tributaries

* Kollbach * Röhrersbach ''(left)'' * Tegernbach ''(left)'' * Rettenbach ''(left)'' * Schweinbach ''(right)'' * Umbach ''(left)'' * Rohrbach ''(right)'' * Steinfurter Bach ''(left)'' * Steindlbach ''(right)'' * Zeitlbach ''(left)'' * Riensbach ''(right)'' * Dorfbach ''(right)'' * Eichhofner Bach or Albersbach, resp. ''(left)'' * Rothbach ''(right)'' * Gittersbach ''(left)'' * Langenpettenbach ''(left)'' * Ebersbach * Klausnerbach

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Rivers of Bavaria Rivers of Germany {{Bavaria-river-stub

Tributaries

See also

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