The Leiblach is a
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
Lake Constance
Lake Constance (, ) refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Seerhein (). These ...
(''
Obersee'') and the
Rhine
The Rhine ( ) is one of the List of rivers of Europe, major rivers in Europe. The river begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps. It forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein border, then part of the Austria–Swit ...
, respectively. It forms the
Austria–Germany border
The border between the modern states of Austria and Germany () has a length of , or respectively. It is the longest international border of Austria and the tied longest border of Germany with another country (the other one being the border wit ...
near the lake.
Geography
The Leiblach source is near the German municipality of
Heimenkirch
Heimenkirch is a municipality in the district of Lindau in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography
Heimenkirch is located in the Allgäu region. It consists of the subdivisions of Aspach, Berg, Biesenberg, Dreiheiligen, Engenberg, Geigersthal, Hofs, Kapp ...
, flowing to the southwest. Near the Austrian town of
Hohenweiler, the river joins a small tributary, the . This tributary forms a part of the Austrian-German border, and below the confluence the border continues to follow the Leiblach until it eventually empties into Lake Constance between the German town of
Lindau
Lindau (, ''Lindau am Bodensee''; ; Low Alemannic German, Low Alemannic: ''Lindou'') is a major Town#Germany, town and Lindau (island), island on the eastern side of Lake Constance (''Bodensee'' in German) in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital ...
and the Austrian village of
Lochau.
See also
*
List of rivers of Austria
*
List of rivers of Germany
This article lists rivers that are located in Germany, either entirely or partially, or that form the country's international borders. The rivers of Germany flow into either the Baltic Sea (), the Black Sea or the North Sea ().
The main rivers o ...
**
List of rivers of Bavaria
A list of rivers of Bavaria, Germany:
A
* Aalbach
* Abens
* Ach
* Afferbach
* Affinger Bach
* Ailsbach
* Aisch
* Aiterach
* Alpbach
*Alster
* Altmühl
* Alz
* Amper
* Anlauter
* Arbach
* Arbachgraben
* Aschaff
* Aschbach
* Attel
* Aubach, tributa ...
References
Rivers of Bavaria
Rivers of Vorarlberg
Austria–Germany border
Tributaries of Lake Constance
Lindau (district)
Rivers of Austria
Rivers of Germany
International rivers of Europe
Border rivers
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