List of tributaries of the Rhine

Rhine with sub-catchment areas of the Alpine Rhine (yellow), Upper Rhine (blue), Upper Rhine (orange), Middle Rhine (yellow), Lower Rhine (orange) and Delta Rhine (blue)

The list of rivers in the Rhine river system includes the named rivers whose water ultimately reaches the sea via the Rhine . The Rhine rises at an altitude of 2,345 m , the Tomasee in Switzerland is regarded as the source of the Rhine . The above-ground catchment area of the Rhine covers an area of 185,000 km² up to the division into the estuary arms and, as a river system, a total of a good 218,000 km².

List of flowing waters

The km specification indicates the length of the flowing water.

Alpine Rhine

Vorderrhein (left source river, 76.0 km)
Hinterrhein (right source river, 62.0 km)
Mulinbach (right)
Valpagherarüfe (right)
Altschutzrüfe (right)
Obertorer Mühlbach (right)
Plessur (right, 33.1 km)
Untertorer Mühlbach (left)
Chaltbrunnrüfe (right)
Maschänser Rüfi (right)
Oldisbach (left)
Landquart (right, 38.0 km)
Tamina (left, 18.0 km)
Vilterser-Wangser Canal (left)
Liechtenstein Inner Canal (right)
Werdenberg Inner Canal (left)
Spirsbach (right)
Ill (right, 72.0 km)
Frutz (right, 19.0 km)
Ehbach (right)

Seerhein

Dornbirner Ach (right, 29.9 km)
Inselbach (right)
Bregenzer Ache (right, 80.0 km and 837.3 km²)
Kalterbach (right)
Suppersbach (right)
Bilgeribach (right)
Thalbach (right)
Steinenbach (right)
Tannenbach (right)
Schanzgraben (right)
Klausmühlebach (right, 2.62 km)
Kugelbeerbach (right)
Oberlochauerbach (right)
Dorfbach Lochau (right)
Ruggbach (right)
Mühlbach (right)
Leiblach (right, 33.5 km)
Bösenreuthtobelbach ( Rickenbach , right)
Oberreitnauer Ach (right, 15.4 km)
Gibelbach (right)
Eschbach (right)
Nonnenbach (right, 16.8 km)
Gillengraben (left)
Seegraben (left)
Old Rhine (left)
Wilenbach (left)
Wieslenbach (left)
Burgbach (left)
Mühletobelbach (left)
Schulbach (left)
Haiderbach (left)
Feldmühlebach (left)
Adlerbach (left)
Schwarzenbächli (left)
Dorfbach Goldach (left)
Goldach (left, 18.5 km)
Argen (right, 23.4 km, with Obere Argen 51.4 km)
Häftlibach (left)
Schwarzebach (left)
Steinach (left)
Aach (left, with Hegibach 12.9 km and 33.2 km²)
Feilenbach (left)
Imbersbach ( Imberbach , left)
Wülerbach (Wilerbach, left, 13.6 km)
Hepbach ( Hebbach , left)
Aach (left, 17.6 km and 47.4 km²)
Tobel (left, 3.2 km)
Dorfbach Uttwil (left)
Dorfbach Kesswil (left)
Eschelisbach (left)
Hornbach (left, (with Geusenbach ) 5.1 km)
Seebach (left)
Töbelibach (left)
Stichbach (left, 9.4 km)
Chogebach ( Chogenbach , Kurzrickenbach , left, 2.4 km)
Grenzbach ( Saubach , left, 9.8 km)
Dorfbach ( Tägerwiller Bach , left, 4.8 km)
Agerstebach (left)
Anderbach (left)
Arenenbergbach (left)
Rüütelibach (left)
Eschlibach (left)
Torrent (left)
Schussen (right, 59.3 km)
Rotach (right, 38.8 km)
Mühlbach (right)
Mannzeller Bach (right)
Buchenbach (right)
Brunnisach (right, 15.0 km)
Lipbach (right, 11.7 km)
Kniebach (right)
Kogenbach (right)
Mühlbach (right)
Dorfweiher Bach (right)
Dysenbach (right)
Pfattishag Bach (right)
Töbelebach ( Ramsbach , right)
Großer Ramsbach (right)
Seefelder Aach (right, 53.7 km)
Nussbach (right, 14.1 km)
Esbach (right)
Goldbach (right)
Tobelbach (right)
Bonensbach (right)
Himberg spring (right)
Wiedenbach (right)
Hörnlebach (right)
Sulzbach (right)
Künstbergbach (right)
Beerentalbach (right)
Pfaffentalbach (right)
Giessbach (right)
Mühlbach (right)
Stockacher Aach (right, 29.1 km)
Frassenbach (right)
Idrichstalbach (right)
Lispentalbach (right)
Teufelsgraben (right)
Marienbach (right)
Katharinabach (right)
Burghofgraben (right)
Tobelbach (right)
Lower crab ditch (right)
Oberer Krebsgraben (right)
Laubertgraben (right)
Heiligenbach (right)
Mühlegraben (right, 5.4 km)
Gölderner Mühlbach (right)
Pfaffenmoosgraben (right)
Adelheidbach (right)
Mühlbach (right, 8.8 km)
Nägelriedgraben (right)
Mühlenbach (right, 9.4 km)
Western Sibach ( Mühlbach , right, 12.9 km)
Radolfzeller Aach (right, 31.7 km)
Bankholzer Dorfbach (right)
Bettnanger Bächle (right)
Bitzigraben (right)
Nettenbach (right)
Erlenlohbach (right)
Frauengrundbach (right)
Feldbach (left)
Mühlebach (right)
Chesselbach (left)
Litobel (left)
Tobelbach (right)
Keßlernbach (right)
Schneizebach (left)
Klingerbach (right)
Nödbach (right)
Müsbach (left)
Auerbach (left)

Upper Rhine

Mühlibach (right)
Iibebach (left)
Tobelbach (left)
Rüütenegraben (left)
Säplinggraben (left)
Schiener Bach ( Hemishoferbach , right, 5.6 km)
Biber (right, 23.8 km)
Bibermülibach (right)
Geißhüttenbach (right)
Rheinhaldenbach (right)
Riäckergraben (left)
Schleifenbach (right)
Gieshaldengraben (right)
Brühlgraben (right)
Geisslibach (left)
Strudelbach ( Gaalingerbach , right)
Weihersgraben ( Peterschlaugraben , right)
Durach (right, 15.2 km)
Sonnenburggutbach (right, 1.6 km)
Talgraben ( Flurlinger Graben , left, 0.6 km)
Hirnisgraben ( Eichhofbach , left, 0.3 km)
Laufener Graben (left, 0.2 km)
Graben "Schloss Wörth" (right, 0.2 km)
Mülibach (left, via Anderbach 2.1 km)
Härdligraben ( Härdlibach) (left, 0.1 km)
Höllbach (left, 1.6 km)
Auwisbach (left)
Fröschenbach (right)
Töbelebach ( Eulengraben , right, 4.9 km)
Volkenbach (right, 5.5 km)
Wolfsgraben (right, 2.6 km)
Mühlbach (right, 3.8 km)
Riedbach (right, 1.2 km)
Auengraben (left, 0.2 km)
Thur (left, 134.6 km)
Wilerbach (left)
Talcherbach (left)
Hagenbuckbach (left)
Nötlenbach (right)
Unterteufenbach (left)
Töss (left, 56 km)
Sundlenbach (right)
Oberrietbach (right)
Wilerbach (right)
Glatt (left, 38.5 km, with source streams 67 km)
Rafzbach (right, 11.9 km)
Herzlegraben (right)
Dorfbach (left)
Fisibach (left)
Weilergraben (right, 4.1 km)
Eichbühlgraben (right, 1.5 km)
Steinlebach (right, 1.7 km)
Rossengraben (right, 1.6 km)
Garlohbach (left)
Creek in the long way (left)
Hopfendalbach (left)
Rüttegraben (right, 0.5 km)
Brook from Wollberg (left)
Bergemattbach (right, 0.6 km)
Fluchbächle (right, 2.2 km)
Carlograben (left)
Flüegrabe (left)
Tägerbach (left)
Wasserfüllegraben (right, 0.5 km)
Barscheidegraben (right, 0.4 km)
Chrummenlindenbach (left)
Chleebgraben (left)
Chrüzlibach (left)
Zwerenbächle (right)
Spittelholzbach (left)
Hinterbach (right, 8.6 km)
Solgraben (right)
Weidengrienbach (right)
Wutach (right, 90.2 km)
Stone trench (left)
Aare (left, 288.2 km)
Seltenbach (right, 6.6 km)
Chlostergraben (left)
Liederbach (right)
Schürlebach (right)
Bossenhusbach (left)
Hölzlebach (right)
Sennhofbach (left)
Gmeimattbach (left)
Hauensteiner Alb (right, 42.8 km)
Gräberbächle (right)
Riehbach (right)
Sporenmattbach (right)
Breitegraben (right)
Hochsaler Wuhr (right)
Etzgerbach (left)
Sandrütihaldengraben (left)
Rütenebach (left)
Schwarzrainbach (left)
Risulzerhaldengraben (left)
Katzengraben (right)
Lierengraben (right)
Andelsbach (right, 8.9 km)
Hänner Wuhr (right)
Schreiebach (right)
Seelbach (right)
Ittenthal (left)
Ritannenbach (left)
Hauensteiner Murg (right, 21.8 km)
Gehrenbächle (right)
Rothausgraben (right)
Rheinsberggraben (right)
Krebsbach (right)
Sissle (left)
Heimbach (right)
Münchwiler Bach (left)
Schöpfebach (right)
Fischingerbach (left)
Schöneggbach (left)
Wolftürligraben (left)
Wallbach (left)
Seebächle (right)
Rödelbach (right)
Wehra (right, 25.8 km)
Lachengraben (right)
Sendbach (right)
Herrenhäuslegraben (right)
Wannegraben (right)
Weierbächle (right)
Fischbach (right)
Brödel (right)
Mühlebach (right)
Bechtelesgraben (right, 4.3 km)
Finstergassgraben (right)
Jägermattgraben (left)
Seebühltal (right)
Bachtele ( Möhlinbach , left)
Althummeltal (right)
Hirschbächle (right)
Sägebächle (right)
Schlossgraben Beuggen (right)
Chleigrütbächle ( Chleigrütgraben , left)
Dürrenbach (right, 7.3 km)
Magdenerbach (left)
Linsenbach (right)
Wanzenaubächle (left)
Warmbach (right, 9.3 km)
Leuengraben (right)
Ergolz (left)
Talbach (left)
Ruschbach (right)
Talbach (right)
Birs (left, 73.0 km)
Neuwaltbach (left)
Birsig (left, 21.0 km)
Neuallschwiler Dorfbach (left)

Upper Rhine

The meadow flows into the Rhine

Wiese (right, 51.5 km and 458 km²)
Kander (right, 19.1 km and 99.1 km²)
Hodbach (right, 19.9 km)
Klemmbach (right, 20.2 km)
Möhlin (right, 32.0 km)
Elz (right, 121.1 km and 1,539.1 km²)
Kinzig (right, 93.3 km and 1,406.2 km²)
Ill (left, 216.7 km and 4,760.5 km²)
Rench (right, 56.8 km)
Acher (right, 53.5 km and 335.2 km²)
Moder (left, 93 km and 1720 km²)
Sauer (left, 70 km and 805.5 km²)
Murg (right, 79.3 km)
Lauter (left, 71.3 km and 378.6 km²)
Alb (right, 51.1 km and 446.7 km²)
Michelsbach (Sondernheimer Altrhein) (left, 12.5 km and 340.5 km²)
Saalbach Canal (Rußheimer Altrhein) (right, 17.7 km and 150.2 km²)
Pfinz (right, 60.2 km and 361.2 km²)
Queich (left, 51.3 km and 268.9 km²)
Gießgraben (right, 5.3 km and 11.3 km²)
Lingenfelder Altrhein (left, 6.6 km and 56.6 km²)
Philippsburger Altrhein (exit to the right, 2.0 km to the inlet of the following)
Saalbach (Philippsburger Altrhein) (right, 50.6 km and 265.4 km²)
Schanzengraben (right, 2.6 km and 12.0 km²)
Wagbach (right, 19.4 km and 30.2 km²)
Kriegbach (right, 18.4 km and 94.8 km²)
Speyerbach (left, 58.7 km and 612.0 km²)
Kotlachgraben (right, 6.5 km and 17.6 km²)
Altwassergraben (right, 2.0 km and 2.7 km²)
Ketscher Altrhein (exit to the right, 1.4 km to the inlet of the following)
Kraichbach (Ketscher Altrhein) (right, 59.8 km and 384.8 km²)
Leimbach (right, 37.8 km and 200.3 km²)
Otterstädter Altrhein (left, 6.4 km and 19.0 km²)
Rehbach (left, 29.1 km and 148.9 km²)
Barkkrappen (right, 2.4 km)
Neckar (right, 362.3 km and 13,934.0 km²)
Mannheimer Altrhein , also Waldhofer / Sandhofer Altrhein , (right, 7.0 km and 33.7 km²)
Isenach (left, 44.8 km and 376.7 km²)
Lampertheimer Altrhein (left, 10.2 km and 44.7 km²)
Holländergraben (right)
Bachgraben (right)
Stefansgraben (right)
Gutter (right)
Eckbach (left, 39.3 km and 217.8 km²)
Eisbach (left, 38.2 km and 130.2 km²)
Pfrimm (left, 42.7 km and 246.4 km²)
Grailsbach ( Lachgraben ; left, 12.3 km and 52.3 km²)
Seebach (left, 18.0 km and 77.7 km²)
Weschnitz (right, 58.9 km)
Winkelbach (right, 32.4 km, 117.8 km²)

The Bechtheim Canal in Guntersblum in Rheinhessen near the Mainz – Mannheim railway line

Bechtheim Canal ( Teichgraben ; left, 17.9 km and 67.7 km²)
Modau (right, 44 km)
Schwarzbach (right)
Schwarzbach (right)
Main (right, 524.0 km)
Königsfloßbach ( Königsbach , right)
Ochsenbrunnenbach (right)
Gonsbach (left, (with Aubach ) 9.8 km)
Salzbach (right, 5.6 km, via Rambach and Kellersbach 15.1 km)
Mosbach ( Belzbach , Weilburger Bach , right, 11.8 km)
Ditch (left)
Lindenbach (right, 2.0 km) (via Grorother Bach and Erlenbach 6.4 km)
Wasserflüßchen (right, 2.3 km)
Walluf (right, 13.8 km)
Sülzbach (right, 6.7 km)
Kiedricher Bach (right, 8.5 km)
Senngraben (left)
Erbbach ( Eberbach , Kisselbach , right, 8.5 km)
Wildgraben (left, 4.9 km)
Leimersbach ( Hallgartener Bach , right, 5.6 km)
Solderbach (right, 2.9 km)
Pfingstbach (right, 7.0 km)
Selz (left, 61.0 km and 389.1 km²)
Schwemmbach (right, 2.5 km)
Elsterbach (right, 9.3 km)
Welzbach (left, 12.6 km and 37.8 km²)
Stegbach ( Blaubach , right, 8.4 km)
Ockenheimerbach (left, 6.5 km)

Middle Rhine

Upper Middle Rhine

See also the more detailed tabular list in the article on the Upper Middle Rhine Valley .

Nahe (left, 125.1 km)
Kreuzbach (left, 3.0 km)
Poßbach (left, 1.2 km)
Eichbach (Aulhausener Bach) (right)
Morgenbach (left, 6.9 km)
Speisbach (right, 1.3 km)
Trechtingshauser Bach (left, 2.6 km)
Bodenthaler Bach (right, 2.2 km)
Heimbach (left, 6.2 km)
Wisper (right, 29.7 km)
Gailsbach (left, 5.7 km)
Winzbach (left)
Bombach (left)
Bächelbach (left)
Münzbach (left, 6.2 km)
Retzbach (right)
Niedertalbach (right, 1.1 km)
Burbach (left)
Schenkelbach (right)
Volkenbach (right)
Holzbach (right)
Elligbach (left)
Engebach (left, 3.2 km)
Oberbach (left, 10.0 km)
Niederbach (left, 10.7 km)
Meerbach (left)
Urbach (right, 6.1 km)
Bornichbach (right, 2.1 km)
Galgenbach (left, 0.9 km)
Seelenbach (left)
Forstbach (right, 12.1 km)
Lohbach (left)
Hasenbach (right, 9.4 km)
Gründelbach (left, 9.2 km)
Wellmicher Bach (right, 9.3 km)
Heimbach (left, 3.1 km)
Wolfsbach (left)
Pulsbach (right, 4.4 km)
Tempusbach (left, 1.6 km)
Patelsbach (left, 3.4 km)
Weilerbach (left, 3.9 km)
Wöhrsbach (right)
Ziehbach (left)
Salzigerbach (left, 3.4 km)
Bornhoferbach (right, 3.4 km)
Brother Michels-Tal-Bach (left, 3.7 km)
Fraubach (left)
Mühltalbach (left, 6.0 km)
Ewigbach (left)
Petersbach (left, 0.9 km)
Heiligenbach (right, 2.7 km)
Wasenbach (right)
Gudgeon (right)
Dinkholderbach (right, 3.9 km)
Zollbach (right, 7.0 km)
Tillbach (left)
Hastelbach (left)
Tauberbach (left, 4.7 km)
Schlierbach (right, 3.3 km)
Ahrbach (left, 7.3 km)
Obersbergerbach (left, 1.8 km)
Lauxbach (left)
Gründgesbach (left)
Lahn (right, 245.6 km)
Siechhausbach (left)
Königsbach (left, 0.9 km)
Laubach (left); Muzzle into the Rheinlache, an oxbow lake of the Rhine
Bienhorntalbach (right, 2.5 km)
Seifenbach (right)
Griesentalbach (right)
Mühlenbach (right, 6.9 km)
Moselle (left, 544.0 km)

Neuwied Basin and Lower Middle Rhine

Mallendarer Bach (right, 8.0 km)
Hillscheider Bach (right, 12.6 km)
Meerbach (right, 5.1 km)
Bubenheimer Bach (left, 8.4 km)
Großbach (right, 4.7 km)
Saynbach (right, 42.7 km)
Lützelbach (left, 9.2 km)
Kettigerbach (left, 4.8 km)
Nice (left, 59.2 km)
Wied (right, 102.0 km)
Kehlbach (right, 4.1 km)
Namedyer Bach (left, 2.6 km)
Mühlbach (right, 3.8 km)
Neuentalsbach (left, 1.8 km)
Hellersbach (left, 0.9 km)
Kerbergsbach (right, 1.5 km)
Hammersteinerbach (right, 2.9 km)
Brohlbach (left, 19.8 km)
Kaltenbach (right, 4.8 km)
Vinxtbach (left, 19.1 km)
Bahlsbach (right, 6.5 km)
Frankenbach (left, 7.0 km)
Staierbach (right, 7.1 km)
Ariendorferbach (right, 5.5 km)
Leubsdorferbach (right, 6.8 km)
Ahr (left, 89.0 km)
Alwiesbach (right, 3.1 km)
Alter Bach (right, 6.6 km)
Kasbach (right, 8.6 km)
Taubentalbach (left, 2.5 km)
Unkelbach (left, 3.7 km)
Hähnerbach (right, 3.1 km)
Breitbach (right, 4.5 km)
Grenzbach Honnefer Graben (right, 4.8 km)
Kasselbach (left)
Rolandswerther Bach (left)
Honnefer Bach (right)
Ohbach (right, 8.0 km)
Möschbach (right, 3.4 km)
Fonsbach (right, 4.1 km)
Mehlemer Bach (left, 10.7 km)
Wittgesbach (left, 4.7 km)
Mirbesbach (right, 5.2 km)
Dollendorfer Bach (right, 2.8 km)
Godesberger Bach (left, 16.2 km)
Ankerbach (right, 4.4 km)
Annaberger Bach (left, 5.0 km)
Venusberg Bach (left, 2.6 km)
Engelbach (left, 6.1 km)
Villicher Bach (right, 8.6 km)
Hardtbach (left, 17.1 km)

Lower Rhine

Mouth of the Ruhr with Rhine orange

Sieg (right, 155.2 km)

Alfterer Bornheimer Bach (left, 11.6 km)

Dickopsbach (left, 10.0 km)

Palmersdorfer Bach (left, 5.9 km)

Rheinkanal 1 (right, 11.1 km)

Rheinkanal 2 (right, 4.7 km)

South receiving water (left, 10.5 km)

Duffesbach (left, 12.9 km)

Flehbach (right, 16.9 km)

Cologne Rand Canal on the right bank of the Rhine (right, 12.7 km)

Wupper (right, 116.5 km)

Pletschbach (left, 9.1 km)

Cologne Rand Canal (left, 23.9 km)

Itter (right, 20.1 km)

Düssel (right, 39.9 km)

Erft (left, (with Kuhbach ) 106.6 km)

Obererft (left, 8.6 km)

Inner Northern Düssel (right, 5.4 km)

Stinkesbach (left, 8.2 km)

Meerscher Mühlenbach (left, 9.8 km)
Langenbruchbach (left, 5.8 km)
Northern Düssel / Kittelbach (right, 14.0 km)
Schwarzbach (right, 27.3 km)
The Burs Bach (left, 11.9 km)
Kuppengraben (left, 6.4 km)
Anger (right, 35.8 km)
Dickelsbach (right, 21.9 km)
Ruhr (right, 219.3 km)
Gerdtbach 2 (left, 1.2 km)
Alte Emscher (right, 7.8 km)
Kleine Emscher (right, 10.3 km)
Lohkanal (left, 6.7 km)
Brusbach (right, 2.4 km)
Emscher (right, 83.1 km)
Rotbach (right, 21.9 km)
Lohberger drainage ditch (right, 9.0 km)
Neuer Mommnach (right, 8.9 km)
Moersbach / Rheinberger Altrhein (left, 29.3 km)
Mommbach (right, 9.7 km)
Lippe (right, 220.1 km, with Alme 268.0 km)
Leygraben (right, 5.1 km)
Pistley (left, 7.5 km)
Bislicher Ley (right, 8.1 km)

Notes and individual references

↑ Right junction

↑ ^a ^b length according to LUBW-FG10.

↑ Arbon

↑ ^a ^b ^c 2006 investigation report ( memento of the original from January 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 313 kB) @1@ 2

^ Romanshorn

↑ Right junction

^ Name of the upper course

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af Length and catchment area according to LUBW-BRSWEB.