Mud (river)

	Mud; Mudau , in the upper reaches of Mudbach
	The Mud in Weilbach
	Data
Water code	EN : 2472
location	Sandstone Odenwald Winter breath; Upper Mud Valley; Lower Mud Valley; Sandstone Spessart Wertheim-Miltenberger Main Valley; Baden-Württemberg Neckar-Odenwald district; Bavaria Miltenberg district ;
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Main → Rhine → North Sea
source	in the eastern Odenwald west of Mudau ; 49 ° 32 ′ 9 ″ N , 9 ° 10 ′ 59 ″ E
Source height	approx. 500 m above sea level NHN
muzzle	near Miltenberg in the Main Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '22 " N , 9 ° 14' 16" E 49 ° 42 '22 " N , 9 ° 14' 16" E;
Mouth height	approx. 125 m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 375 m
Bottom slope	approx. 15 ‰
length	25.4 km
Catchment area	408.209 km²
Left tributaries	Gabelbach , Otterbach , Ohrbach
Right tributaries	Billbach , Weilbach

The Mud is an approximately 25 km long left and southern tributary of the Main . Its upper course is also called Mudau or Mudbach .

geography

course

The river Mud rises in the eastern Odenwald west of Mudau at an altitude of about 500 m above sea level. NHN . However, this upper course is often dry, so that the stream bed only flows from the water treading facility ⊙ in Mudau. 49.531298 9.199338

The Mud in Miltenberg

The Mud then flows through the Ünglertal in a steady northerly course . The slightly longer Gabelbach flows to the east of Kirchzell . In Amorbach , below the Gotthardsberg (304 m), its largest tributary flows from the right, the Billbach .

The Mud flows through Weilbach and Breitendiel and finally flows out at an altitude of about 125 m above sea level. NHN immediately after the Laurentius Chapel near Miltenberg from the left into the Main .

After a run of about 25.4 km with an average bottom gradient of about 15 ‰, the Mud flows about 375 meters below its origin.

Catchment area

The 408.2 km² catchment area of the Mud belongs partly to the sandstone Odenwald , partly to the sandstone Spessart and is drained from it via the Main and the Rhine to the North Sea.

The source and upper reaches of the Mud are in the Neckar-Odenwald district in Baden-Württemberg , the middle and lower reaches of the Miltenberg district in Bavaria .

Tributaries

Diagram of the tributaries from 5 km (from the source to the mouth)

Table tributaries of the mud (a selection)

Table of the tributaries from the source to the mouth. Length of water, catchment area and mouth height according to the corresponding layers on the LUBW online map. Other sources for the information are noted.

For comparison, the values of the mud itself are highlighted in blue.

Tributaries of the Mud from the source to the mouth
Surname	GKZ	location	Length in km	EZG in km²	Mouth height in m above sea level NHN	Mouth
Sot pond	2472112	right	0.7	approx. 0.8	437	Mudau -Untermudau
Bristles	2472120	Left	1.9	2.9	432	Mudau-Untermudau
Donebach	2472140	Left	2.8	5.7	386	Mudau-Ünglert
Inglatstalgraben	2472160x	Left	2.8	3.6	215	Kirchzell- Wildburg
Bach from the Zeibertsklinge	247219 ...	Left	approx. 1.3	approx. 1.3	207	Kirchzell-Wildenburg
Gabelbach	2472200	Left	15.6	83.7	174	Kirchzell book
Billbach	2472400	right	24.8	188.4	151	Amorbach
Otterbach	2472520	Left	5.0	10.9	150	Amorbach
Ohrbach	2472600	Left	13.5	51.1	142	Weilbach
Weilbach	2472920	right	6.7	approx. 19.0	140	Weilbach
Mud	247299		25.4	408.2	125	Miltenberg

Mud river system

Flood (retention)

For a few years now, extensive flood protection measures have been carried out immediately before it flows into the Main; the majority of it has been completed since the end of 2009.

fauna

In the mud , brown trout , brown lamprey , brook loach , minnow , perch , gudgeon , Mühlkoppe , pike , rainbow trout and roach as well as the native crayfish can be found.

particularities

In December 2009 a three-year-old girl drowned under mysterious circumstances not far from the confluence with the Main.

Individual evidence

LUBW

Official online waterway map with a suitable section and the layers used here: Map of the course and catchment area of the mud
General introduction without default settings and layers: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( notes )

↑ ^a ^b Length according to the waterway network layer ( AWGN ) .

↑ Catchment area after the layer aggregated areas 04 .

↑ Catchment area according to the basic catchment area layer (AWGN) .

↑ Height according to the contour line image on the topographic map background layer .

↑ ^a ^b ^c Catchment area measured on the background layer topographic map .

↑ Length measured on the background layer topographic map .

↑ ^a ^b catchment area after the layer aggregated areas 05 .

Other evidence

↑ Otto Klausing: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 151 Darmstadt. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1967. → Online map (PDF; 4.3 MB)

↑ Google Earth

↑ Topographic map 1: 10,000 North Bavaria

↑ Statistics Weilbach / Mud , Bavarian Flood News Service (as of September 6, 2011)

↑ Master data Weilbach / Mud , Bayerischer Hochwassernachrichtendienst

↑ Alternative names according to the topographic map 1: 100,000 or the topographic overview map 1: 200,000.

↑ dashed run in BayernViewer

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Height requested on the background layer Official map (right click) on: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( information )

↑ Fishing Association of Lower Franconia: Our Waters ( Memento of the original from September 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

literature

Topographic map 1: 25,000 Baden-Württemberg, as single sheet No. 6220 ? , No. 6221 Miltenberg, No. 6320 Michelstadt, No. 6321 Amorbach, No. 6322 Hardheim, No. 6420 Mudau-Schönau, No. 6421 Buchen (Odenwald) and No. 6422 Walldürn

Web links

Commons : Mud (river) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Map of the course and catchment area of the Mud on: State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg (LUBW) ( information )
Level near Weilbach, HND Bavaria
Geoportal Baden-Württemberg ( information )
The Mud , water portraits at Aschaffenburg Water Management Office 2016

[GeNe-Länge-4] Length according to the waterway network layer ( AWGN ) .

[Agg04-EZG-5] Catchment area after the layer aggregated areas 04 .

[BEZG-EZG-10] Catchment area according to the basic catchment area layer (AWGN) .

[TK-HLB-Höhe-11] Height according to the contour line image on the topographic map background layer .

[TK-abgemessen-EZG-12] Catchment area measured on the background layer topographic map .

[TK-abgemessen-Länge-14] Length measured on the background layer topographic map .

[Agg05-EZG-15] tchment area after the layer aggregated areas 05 .

[BfL-151-1] Otto Klausing: Geographical land survey: The natural space units on sheet 151 Darmstadt. Federal Institute for Regional Studies, Bad Godesberg 1967. → Online map (PDF; 4.3 MB)

[googleeaerth-2] Google Earth

[TOP10-3] Topographic map 1: 10,000 North Bavaria

[6] Statistics Weilbach / Mud , Bavarian Flood News Service (as of September 6, 2011)

[7] Master data Weilbach / Mud , Bayerischer Hochwassernachrichtendienst

[8] Alternative names according to the topographic map 1: 100,000 or the topographic overview map 1: 200,000.

[9] shed run in BayernViewer

[BA-Abgefragt-Höhe-13] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Height requested on the background layer Official map (right click) on: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( information )