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 |
Extra: | 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".
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.