Alf (river)
| Alf | |
|---|---|
Rapids in the Strohn Gorge near Strohn | |
| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Reference no. | DE: 268 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | North of Darscheid |
| • coordinates | 50°13′41″N 6°53′08″E / 50.22806°N 6.88556°E |
| • elevation | 549 m above sea level (NHN) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Near Alf into the Moselle |
• coordinates | 50°03′26″N 7°07′43″E / 50.05722°N 7.12861°E |
• elevation | 95 m above sea level (NHN) |
| Length | 51.879 km |
| Basin size | 358.146 km2 |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Moselle→ Rhine→ North Sea |
| Landmarks | Villages: Darscheid, Gillenfeld, Strohn, Bausendorf, Kinderbeuern, Bengel, Alf |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Laubach, Diefenbach, Holzbach, Salzbach, Olkenbach, Ewesbach, Kammerbach, Udelsbach, Saalsbach, Üßbach |
| • right | Irlenbach, Sammetbach, Demichbach, Elterbach, Hoegbach, Ilbach, Erbach, Scherbach, |
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The Alf is a small river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a left tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Eifel, near Darscheid, east of Daun. The Alf flows south through Mehren, Gillenfeld and Bausendorf, where it turns east to flow into the Moselle at the village of Alf.