The Riss (german: Riß) is a small
river in
Baden-Württemberg, south-western
Germany, right tributary of the
Danube. Its source is in Upper
Swabia
Swabia ; german: Schwaben , colloquially ''Schwabenland'' or ''Ländle''; archaic English also Suabia or Svebia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.
The name is ultimately derived from the medieval Duchy of ...
, between
Bad Waldsee and
Bad Schussenried. It flows north, through the town of
Biberach an der Riss. It then flows into the Danube one mile north of
Rißtissen between
Ehingen and
Erbach Erbach may refer to:
Places
*Erbach im Odenwald, a town in Hesse, Germany
*Erbach an der Donau, a town on the Danube River in Baden-Württemberg, Germany
*Erbach, Rheingau, a district of Eltville, Hesse, Germany
*Erbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, a mun ...
, approximately 20 km upstream from
Ulm. Its total length is approximately 50 km.
The Riss gave its name to the
Riss glaciation, an
ice age.
See also
*
List of rivers of Baden-Württemberg
References
Rivers of Baden-Württemberg
Rivers of Germany
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