Fulda (river) explained

Fulda
Source1 Location:Rhön
Source1 Coordinates:50.4944°N 9.945°W
Mouth Location:Weser
Mouth Coordinates:51.4211°N 9.6483°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Germany
Subdivision Type2:States
Subdivision Name2:Hesse and Lower Saxony
Length:220.4km (137miles)
Source1 Elevation:850m (2,790feet)
Basin Size:6947km2
Map:Verlaufskarte Fulda.png
Tributaries Left:Schlitz, Eder
Tributaries Right:Haune, Losse

The Fulda (pronounced as /de/) is a river of Hesse and Lower Saxony, Germany. It is one of two headstreams of the Weser (the other one being the Werra). The Fulda is 220.4km (137miles) long.

The river arises at Wasserkuppe in the Rhön mountains in Hesse. From there it runs northeast, flanked by the Knüll mountains in the west and the Seulingswald in the east. Near Bebra it changes direction to the northwest.

After joining the Eder river it flows straight north until Kassel, then changes direction to the northeast, with the Kaufungen Forest east and the beginning of the Reinhardswald forest northwest. The north end of the river meets the Werra in Hannoversch Münden, Lower Saxony, where the Fulda and the Werra join to form the Weser river.

Cities along the Fulda include:

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