Eyach (Neckar) Explained

Eyach
Map:Eyach.png
Map Size:280px
Mouth Coordinates:48.4457°N 8.7769°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Germany
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Baden-Württemberg
Length:50.4km (31.3miles)
Basin Size:354km2

Eyach is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It flows for 50 kilometres. It is a right tributary of the Neckar. It passes through Balingen and Haigerloch, and flows into the Neckar near Starzach.

Geography

History

The Eyach has its source north of Pfeffingen (a district of Albstadt) at an altitude of 833 metres, only a few hundred metres from the European watershed and a tributary of the Danube, the Schmiecha, which has its source there. At Eyach at a height of 372 m from the right it flows into the Neckar. Its mean discharge at the mouth is 3.23 m³/s.[1]

Tributaries

From source to meadow

Places by the river

On its almost 50 km long way to the northwest the Eyach crosses or passes through the following communities:

At Eyach or the train station Eyach, two kilometers west of the village Börstingen (a district of Starzach), the Eyach flows into the Neckar.

Mofette

In Bad Imnau carbon dioxide was found in an underground inlet to the river. Today this water is sold under the name Apollo in bottles.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Ministerium für Umwelt, Klima und Energiewirtschaft Baden-Württemberg: Web site: Ausbaupotenzial der Wasserkraft bis 1.000 KW im Einzugsgebiet des Neckars unter Berücksichtigung ökologischer Bewirtschaftungsziele . 2020-06-20 . 2013-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195142/http://www.um.baden-wuerttemberg.de/servlet/is/104324/Wasserkraftpotenzial-Neckar-EZG.pdf . dead .
  2. https://zugderzeit.de/zug-der-zeit/bad-imnau/ Mineralwasser in german