The Kahl is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in the northern

Spessart Spessart () is a ''Mittelgebirge'', a range of low wooded mountains, in the States of Bavaria and Hesse in Germany. It is bordered by the Vogelsberg, Rhön and Odenwald. The highest elevation is the Geiersberg (Spessart), Geiersberg at 586 metre ...

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and

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. It is a right tributary of the

Main Main may refer to: Geography *Main River (disambiguation), multiple rivers with the same name *Ma'in, an ancient kingdom in modern-day Yemen * Main, Iran, a village in Fars Province *Spanish Main, the Caribbean coasts of mainland Spanish territ ...

and is long. The name Kahl comes from the

Old High German Old High German (OHG; ) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally identified as the period from around 500/750 to 1050. Rather than representing a single supra-regional form of German, Old High German encompasses the numerous ...

word ''kaldaha'', which means cool and clear. The Kahl rises from two sources left and right of the road at the foot of the

hills, near

Kleinkahl Kleinkahl is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. Wi ...

. These springs produce 50–60 litres per second. The Kahl flows into the Main in

Kahl am Main Kahl am Main (, ; officially ''Kahl a.Main'') is a community in the Aschaffenburg (district), Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. It has around 7,500 inhabitants. Geograph ...

near the old

Kahl Nuclear Power Plant The Kahl plant was the first nuclear power plant ever to be built in Germany. It was located in Karlstein am Main and was an (at the time) experimental boiling water reactor. It was built by General Electric and supplied by Siemens. At the end ...

. The largest tributaries are Westerbach,

Sommerkahl Sommerkahl is a community in the Aschaffenburg (district), Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the ''Municipal association, Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (municip ...

, Reichenbach and

Geiselbach Geiselbach is a community in the Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany. Geography Location Geiselbach lies on the Hesse-Bavaria boundary, 20 km north of Aschaffenburg ...

Tributaries

Tributaries 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 the ...

from source to mouth: Left * Büchelbach * Edelbach *

Kleine Kahl The Kleine Kahl (''"Little Kahl"'') is a left tributary of the Kahl in the northern Spessart in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Ba ...

* Kleinlaudenbach * Höllenbach *

Blankenbach Blankenbach is a community in the Aschaffenburg (district), Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Lower Franconia (''Unterfranken'') in Bavaria, Germany, and a member of the ''Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Administrative Community) o ...

* Erlenbach *

Feldkahl Feldkahl is a small river in Bavaria, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen State ...

* Weibersbach (not to be confused with the right tributary) * Reichenbach * Forstgraben * Rappach * Fleutersbach *

Hemsbach Hemsbach () is a town with approximately 12,000 inhabitants in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It belongs to the European Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region (Lower Neckar region until 20 May 2003 and Rhine-Neckar-Odenwald reg ...

* Hitziger Lochgraben * Kertelbach * Krebsbach *

Neuwiesenbach Neuwiesenbach is a small river of Bavaria, Germany. It flows into the Kahl in Alzenau Alzenau (; until 31 December 2006 officially ''Alzenau i.UFr.'') is a town in the north of the Aschaffenburg (district), Aschaffenburg district in the ''Regi ...

Right * Lindenbach *

Habersbach Habersbach is a small river of Bavaria, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen Sta ...

* Westerbach * Krombach * Sterzenbach * Schloßgrundgraben *

Oberschurbach Oberschurbach is a small river of Bavaria, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen ...

* Steinbach *

* Wolfsbach * Weibersbach (not to be confused with the left tributary) * Goldbach * Streu * Sälzerbach File:Rechte Kahlquelle.jpg, The right spring of the Kahl File:Linke Kahlquelle.jpg, The left spring File:Kahlmündung2.JPG, Mouth in the river

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Rivers of Bavaria Rivers of the Spessart Main-Kinzig-Kreis Aschaffenburg (district) Rivers of Germany Rivers of Hesse {{Hesse-river-stub

Tributaries

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