Moosalb (Schwarzbach)

Moosalb
The Moosalb in the Karlstal valley
Location
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
Region	Palatine Forest
Reference no.	DE: 264262
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Near Trippstadt
• coordinates	49°20′04″N 7°49′05″E / 49.3344°N 7.8181°E / 49.3344; 7.8181
• elevation	410 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth
• location	Near Waldfischbach-Burgalben into the Schwarzbach
• coordinates	49°16′45″N 7°38′50″E / 49.2793°N 7.6471°E / 49.2793; 7.6471
• elevation	248 m above sea level (NN)
Length	25.82 km, with the Aschbach 30.3 km
Basin size	188.174 km2
Basin features
Progression	Schwarzbach→ Blies→ Saar→ Moselle→ Rhine→ North Sea
Tributaries
• right	Aschbach, Kottelbach, Krickenbach, Queidersbach

The Moosalb (also Moosalbe) is a stream in West Palatinate in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The upper Moosalb valley is also called the Hammertal ("hammer mill valley") on account of the many witnesses, in the form of ruined buildings and structures, to the iron smelting and working industries of the 18th and 19th centuries.