Riveris (river) explained

Riveris
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Germany
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Rhineland-Palatinate
Subdivision Type3:Reference no.
Subdivision Name3:DE: 26568
Length:13.3 km
Source1 Location:Southeast of Farschweiler
Source1 Elevation:ca. 
Mouth Location:Near Waldrach into the Ruwer
Mouth Elevation:ca. 
Basin Size:28.866 km²
Waterbodies:Reservoirs: Riveris Dam
Custom Label:References
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The Pionierweiher pond at Eschbach

The Riveris is an orographically right-hand, southern tributary of the River Ruwer in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It was impounded in 1953 by the which inter alia supplies water to the town of Trier. The name Riveris is derived from the Latin and means "little river".

Geography

The Riveris is formed by the confluence of the Eschbach (length:) and Altweiherbach (length:) at an elevation of . The longer Eschbach rises in the Osburg Forest on the western flank of the Hohe Wurzel (669 m) at a height of . The stream flows mainly in a westerly direction to the Riveris Dam and then turns northwards. The only settlement that the river flows through is the eponymous village of Riveris. After the river empties from the right at an elevation of into the Ruwer. The river descends through 436 metres at a gradient of 32.8 ‰. The Riveris drains a catchment area of and its waters flow through the Ruwer, Moselle and Rhine into the North Sea.

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