The Little Kyll , pronounced: "kill") is a orographically right-hand

tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...

of the Lieser.

Geography

Course

The Little Kyll rises northeast of Neroth on the heights of the Neroth woods in the county of

Vulkaneifel Vulkaneifel () is a district (''Kreis'') in the northwest of the state Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the least densely populated district in the state and the fourth most sparsely populated district in Germany. The administrative centre of ...

in the German state of

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. It flows in a southerly direction through the municipalities of Neroth,

Oberstadtfeld Oberstadtfeld is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Daun, whose ...

Niederstadtfeld Niederstadtfeld is an '' Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Vulkaneifel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Daun, who ...

and Schutz and empties into the Lieser south of

Manderscheid, Bernkastel-Wittlich Manderscheid (; in Eifel dialect: ''Maanischd'') is a town in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and also both a climatic spa and a Sebastian Kneipp, Kneipp spa. Until 1 July 2014, when it became part of the ''Ver ...

Tributaries

The tributaries of the Little Kyll include the following (in a downstream direction):

Recreation

In the area between

and Bleckhausener Mühle/ Meerfeld the cycleway runs parallel to the Kleine Kyll. At the confluence with the Horngraben, south of Manderscheid is the gorge of WolfsschluchtWolfsschlucht und Kleine Kyll
as well as a waterfall.

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