List of tributaries of the Nims
The list of tributaries of the Nims includes more than 70 rivers from their source ( ⊙ ) to their mouth ( ⊙ ). The Nims drains a catchment area of approx. 889 km² via Prüm , Sauer , Moselle and Rhine into the North Sea .
Major tributaries
Tributaries over six kilometers in length
The tributaries on the left are shown in dark, the ones on the right in light blue.
Inflows (complete list)
| Surname
|
location | Length [km] |
EZG [km²] |
Mouth height [m above sea level NHN ] |
Mouth Coordinates |
GKZ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nimsquelle | right | 0.431 | 1.444 | 496 | at Weinsheim location | 26288-112 |
| Bach from the Kalkhof | right | 0.739 | 0.953 | 446 | at Rommersheim location | 26288-12 |
| Schwemmbach, also Schweinbach | right | 0.811 | 1.569 | 429 | location | 26288-132 |
| Giesdorfer Bach | right | 1,426 | 1.706 | 421 | in Giesdorf location | 26288-14 |
| Bilsbach | Left | 1.625 | 1,740 | 421 | in Giesdorf location | 26288-16 |
| Mehlbach | right | 0.535 | 0.989 | 415 | south of Giesdorf location | 26288-18 |
| Schalkenbach | Left | 8.315 | 21.018 | 405 | north of Schönecken location | 26288-29 |
| Altburger Bach | Left | 6,114 | 10,709 | 400 | at Schönecken location | 26288-32 |
| Bach from Herrschenberg | Left | 1.417 | 1.504 | 394 | in Schönecken location | 26288-332 |
| Wetteldorfer Bach | Left | 2.021 | 1.434 | 393 | in Schönecken location | 26288-34 |
| Wiesbach | Left | 1.276 | 0.483 | 386 | south of Schönecken location | 26288-352 |
| Waldbach | Left | 0.499 | 0.265 | 385 | south of Schönecken location | 26288-354 |
| Perdsbach | right | 3.896 | 11,410 | 378 | north of Nimsreuland location | 26288-36 |
| Heisdorf Bach | right | 3.176 | 3.992 | 372 | in Nimsreuland location | 26288-38 |
| Wolfsbach | Left | 0.954 | 0.522 | 370 | in Nimsreuland | 26288-392 |
| Huschseifen, also Mausbach | right | 0.966 | 0.966 | 360 | south of Nimsreuland location | 26288-394 |
| Dürrbach, also Thierbach | Left | 8.275 | 15,542 | 351 | in Lasel location | 26288-4 |
| Taubenbach | right | 2.638 | 2.968 | 349 | in Lasel location | 26288-512 |
| Steinbach | Left | 0.644 | 1.076 | 346 | south of Lasel location | 26288-5192 |
| Wolfsbach | right | 1.904 | 1,844 | 345 | east of Feuerscheid Lage | 26288-5194 |
| Johannisbach, also Johannesbach | Left | 5.912 | 8,192 | 339 | at the Nimshuscheider mill location | 26288-52 |
| Lower Hardtgraben | right | 0.692 | 0.305 | 377 | southwest of Nimshuscheid | 26288-5312 |
| Brömersch | Left | 1.394 | 0.738 | 333 | southwest of Nimshuscheid location | 26288-532 |
| Fischbach | right | 1.077 | 1.048 | 331 | southwest of Nimshuscheid location | 26288-534 |
| Gladbach | Left | 3,635 | 4,564 | 325 | south of Nimshuscheid location | 26288-54 |
| Balesfeld Bach | Left | 10,548 | 15,536 | 315 | in Seffern location | 26288-56 |
| Schleiderbach, also Schleidergraben | right | 3.090 | 3.808 | 311 | southeast of Schleid (near Bitburg) location | 26288-58 |
| Seffer Weichbach | Left | 2.786 | 4.678 | 306 | southwest of Seffer Soften location | 26288-592 |
| Bach at the Finkenhof, also Rottersbach | right | 1,794 | 1,140 | 300 | north of Bickendorf location | 26288-594 |
| Waldwiesenbach, also Lorenzbach | Left | 1.208 | 0.519 | 299 | north of Bickendorf location | 26288-596 |
| Nattenheimer Bach | Left | 1.309 | 1.441 | 289 | west of Nattenheim location | 26288-598 |
| Ditch | Left | 0.420 | 0.461 | 287 | west of Nattenheim location | 26288-5992 |
| Ehlenzbach | right | 13,384 | 27,900 | 286 | southwest of Nattenheim location | 26288-6 |
| Bach to the wool mill, also Gersbach | Left | 0.564 | 2.388 | 285 | north of Rittersdorf (Eifel) location | 26288-712 |
| Ortsgraben, also Schiersbach | right | 0.288 | 0.535 | 279 | in Rittersdorf location | 26288-714 |
| Rittersdorfer Bach, also Wisselbach | Left | 2,611 | 2.180 | 278 | in Rittersdorf location | 26288-716 |
| Wiesenbach, also Wahlbach | right | 1.542 | 1,946 | 278 | south of Rittersdorf location | 26288-718 |
| Berleborn, also Berlenbach | Left | 2.634 | 1,939 | 276 | at Kinzenburg location | 26288-72 |
| Steinebach, also Hottersbach | Left | 0.742 | 1.003 | 273 | at Bitburg location | 26288-7312 |
| Dellbach | right | 1,881 | 1.437 | 272 | at Bitburg location | 26288-732 |
| Fennelsbach | right | 1.545 | 1.381 | 260 | at Bitburg location | 26288-736 |
| Waldgraben, also Büchelsbach | right | 0.734 | 0.400 | 259 | west of Bitburg location | 26288-738 |
| Bittenbach | Left | 1.603 | 3.476 | 250 | west of Bitburg location | 26288-74 |
| Masholder Bach, also Masholderbach | right | 3.206 | 4,733 | 246 | at Masholder location | 26288-752 |
| Weilerbach | right | 3.069 | 5.157 | 237 | in Birtlingen location | 26288-76 |
| Bach on the Krümmenkopf, also Breitemerbach | Left | 2.244 | 0.815 | 237 | south of Birtlingen location | 26288-7712 |
| Long brook, also Winkelsteinerbach | Left | 1.495 | 1.648 | 236 | south of Birtlingen location | 26288-7714 |
| Wiesenbach | Left | 1.364 | 0.693 | 235 | at Messerich Lage | 26288-7716 |
| Bahnhofsgraben | Left | 0.465 | 0.137 | 234 | in Messerich | 26288-77192 |
| Kirschbach | right | 2.967 | 2,422 | 233 | in Messerich location | 26288-7729 |
| Messerichgraben | right | 0.347 | 0.340 | 232 | south of Messerich Lage | 26288-7732 |
| Meadow ditch | Left | 0.189 | 0.019 | 231 | southwest of Messerich Lage | 26288-7734 |
| Ackerbach | right | 0.939 | 0.381 | 229 | southwest of Messerich Lage | 26288-7736 |
| Ingendorf Bach | right | 3.049 | 2.856 | 228 | southeast of Ingendorf location | 26288-774 |
| Dockendorfer Bach | right | 2.011 | 1.506 | 227 | east of Dockendorf location | 26288-776 |
| Stedemerbach, also Stedemer Bach | Left | 5.483 | 7,060 | 227 | east of Dockendorf location | 26288-78 |
| Keuperbach | right | 1,499 | 2.099 | 221 | south of Dockendorf location | 26288-792 |
| Lambach | Left | 5.002 | 9.297 | 217 | at Wolsfeld location | 26288-8 |
| Hubertusbach | right | 1.098 | 0.588 | 216 | at Wolsfeld location | 26288-9112 |
| Wolsbach | Left | 0.980 | 0.314 | 214 | near Wolsfeld | 26288-9114 |
| Meadow ditch | right | 0.446 | 0.100 | 212 | south of Wolsfeld location | 26288-9116 |
| Wiesenbach | Left | 0.646 | 0.247 | 212 | south of Wolsfeld location | 26288-91172 |
| Eichemer Bach, also Pötzbach | Left | 2.070 | 1,837 | 211 | north of Alsdorf location | 26288-9118 |
| Waldbach | right | 0.642 | 0.527 | 210 | north of Alsdorf location | 26288-91192 |
| Alsdorfer Bach | Left | 1.121 | 0.667 | 208 | in Alsdorf over the Mühlengraben location | 26288-9122 |
| Obereckenbach | right | 0.410 | 0.252 | 206 | at Alsdorf location | 26288-9132 |
| Steinchenbach | Left | 0.801 | 0.200 | 206 | at Alsdorf location | 26288-9134 |
| Heckenbach | Left | 0.846 | 0.205 | 205 | at Alsdorf location | 26288-9152 |
| Eckbach | right | 0.412 | 0.472 | 204 | north of Niederweis Lage | 26288-916 |
| Diefenbach | Left | 0.979 | 0.583 | 204 | at Niederweis location | 26288-918 |
| Grasbach, also Nüßbach | Left | 7,855 | 13,512 | 203 | in Niederweis location | 26288-92 |
| Daufenbach | Left | 2,639 | 0.925 | 200 | at Niederweis location | 26288-94 |
| Frankenbach, also cuckoo pit | Left | 0.328 | 0.242 | 180 | northeast of Irrel Lage | 26288-952 |
| Weilerbach | Left | 1.807 | 0.995 | 179 | northeast of Irrel Lage | 26288-96 |
| Lammbach | Left | 5.772 | 11,510 | 172 | east of Irrel location | 26288-98 |
Notes on the table
- ↑ The water data comes from the GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( notes ), the geographic data from the map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes ).
- ↑ Water code number , in Germany the official river code number with a separator inserted after the prefix for better readability, which is uniform for the receiving waters shared by all stands.
- ↑ a b c d e Confluence neither on map nor on aerial photo.