Acher

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Acher
The Acher near Oberachern
Mouth of the Acher
Location
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Reference no.	DE: 23572
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	On the northeast flank of the Vogelskopf
• coordinates	48°33′47″N 8°13′03″E / 48.56306°N 8.2174389°E / 48.56306; 8.2174389
• elevation	848 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth
• location	near Iffezheim into the Rhine
• coordinates	48°50′39″N 8°07′06″E / 48.84417°N 8.11833°E / 48.84417; 8.11833
• elevation	114 m above sea level (NN)
Length	53.6 km (33.3 mi) [1]
Basin size	448 km2 [2]
Discharge
• average	9.13 m³/s[3] 3.39 m³/s (Kappelrodeck, Exit from the Black Forest, 25 % of the catchment)
Basin features
Progression	Rhine→ North Sea
Tributaries
• left	Gottschlägbach, Unterwasserbach, Fautenbach
• right	Seebach, Grimmerswaldbach, Sulzbach (Laufbach), Sandbach

The Acher is a 53.6-kilometre-long river and tributary of the Rhine in the county of Ortenau, in the south German state of Baden-Württemberg. It flows in a northwesterly direction from the Black Forest to the Rhine, between the two rivers Rench to the south and the Oos to the north.