Moder (river) explained

Moder
Source1 Location:Moderfeld
Source1 Coordinates:48.8956°N 7.3161°W
Mouth Coordinates:48.8369°N 8.1033°W
Subdivision Type1:Country
Length:82.1km (51miles)
Source1 Elevation:330m (1,080feet)
Mouth Elevation:115m (377feet)
Discharge1 Avg:16.6m3/s
Basin Size:1720km2

The Moder (French: la Moder, in French pronounced as /mɔdɛʁ/; German: die Moder) is a river in northeastern France; it begins in Zittersheim and ends at the river Rhine. It is 82.1km (51miles) long.

Etymology

The name of the river comes from Matrae—the Gallic river goddess.

Course

Its source of the Moder is near the hamlet Moderfeld, in the commune of Zittersheim. It joins the Rhine near the Iffezheim Lock, in Germany. The four primary tributaries of the Moder are the Zinsel du Nord, Zorn, Rothbach, and Soultzbach.

The river passes through the following communes: