Wied (river) explained

Wied
Mouth Coordinates:	50.4414°N 7.4425°W
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Length:	102.8km (63.9miles)
Source1 Elevation:	454m (1,490feet)
Basin Size:	770km2

The Wied is a river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, and a right tributary of the Rhine.

The Wied (pronounced as /de/) is long. It flows mainly south-west, through the Westerwald hills. Its source is near Dreifelden. It flows through Altenkirchen, Neustadt (Wied) and Waldbreitbach, and ends in the Rhine in Neuwied.

Tributaries

Among the tributaries of the Wied are the following:

Left of the Wied Holzbach, near Döttesfeld Almersbach, near Almersbach Breibach, near Seelbach Fockenbach, in Niederbreitbach Aubach, in Niederbieber Laubach, near Melsbach

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Right of the Wied Rothenbach, near Hanwerth Ingelbach, near Ingelbach Michelbach, in Michelbach Sehrtenbach, in Altenkirchen Erbach (Quengelsbach), in Altenkirchen Ölferbach (Lenzbach), near Niederölfen Birnbach, near Neitersen Mehrbach, near Ehrenstein Abbey (Asbach) Pfaffenbach (Hammerbach), near Wiedmühle (Neustadt) Reichelbach, near (Neuwied)

See also

• List of rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate