Little Kyll

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Little Kyll
Waterfall near the Wolfsschlucht

Waterfall near the Wolfsschlucht

Data
Water code DE : 26784
location Vulkaneifel district , Bernkastel-Wittlich ; Rhineland-Palatinate ; Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Lieser  → Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source On the heights of the Nerother forests in the Vulkaneifel district
50 ° 12 ′ 37 ″  N , 6 ° 45 ′ 36 ″  E
Source height approx.  584  m above sea level NHN
muzzle It flows south of Manderscheid into the Lieser coordinates: 50 ° 3 ′ 48 ″  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 51 ″  E 50 ° 3 ′ 48 ″  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 51 ″  E
Mouth height approx.  246  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 338 m
Bottom slope approx. 14 ‰
length 23.9 km
Catchment area 83.545 km²
Left tributaries see table
Right tributaries see table
Communities Neroth , Oberstadtfeld , Niederstadtfeld , protection
Valley of the Kleine Kyll south of the Meerbach estuary

Valley of the Kleine Kyll south of the Meerbach estuary

The Kleine Kyll (pronounced "Kill") is a 23.9 km long orographically right tributary of the Lieser . It flows roughly parallel to the Kyll , which runs around 10 km to the west, but with which it has no geographical connection.

geography

course

The Kleine Kyll rises two kilometers northeast of Neroth on the heights of the Nerother forests in the Vulkaneifel district . It flows south through the communities of Neroth, Oberstadtfeld , Niederstadtfeld and Schutz and flows south of Manderscheid ( Bernkastel-Wittlich district ) into the Lieser.

Tributaries

The tributaries of the Kleine Kyll include (viewed downstream):

Surname GKZ Length (km) direction Mouth
at km
place
Enzenbach 2678412 2.6 right 21.3 Neroth
Kreuzbach 26784132 0.8 right 20.5
Dehmbach 1.0 right 19.7
Bach vom Birkenberg (Winkelbach) 2678414 1.5 Left 18.2 Oberstadtfeld
Risselbach 1.3 Left 16.6 Niederstadtfeld
Kälberbach 2678416 3.9 right 16.2 Niederstadtfeld
Kerlbach 1.0 Left 15.2 Niederstadtfeld
Walmerbach 267842 7.2 right 11.9 protection
Speicherbach 267844 3.5 right 10.0
Meerbach 267846 4.2 right 6.3 Meerfeld
Ellbach 26784712 2.0 right 4.7
Dombach 1.0 Left 2.6 Manderscheid
Horn trench 2678472 2.5 right 1.9
Fischbach 267848 6.1 right 0.8

leisure

In the area between Oberstadtfeld and Bleckhausener Mühle / Meerfeld , the Kosmosradweg runs parallel to the small Kyll .

At the mouth of the Horngraben, south of Manderscheid, there is the Wolfsschlucht and a waterfall.

Web links

Commons : Kleine Kyll  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. a b c GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )
  3. Wolfsschlucht and Kleine Kyll ( Memento from October 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )