Kinzig (Rhine)

Kinzig
The Kinzig in Wolfach
Course of the Kinzig
Location
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Reference no.	DE: 234
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Loßburg
• elevation	682 m
Mouth
• location	In Kehl-Auenheim
• elevation	134 m
Length	93.3 km (58.0 mi) [1]
Basin size	1,403 km2 (542 sq mi) [1]
Discharge
• location	at Schwaibach gauge [2]
• average	22.8 m³/s
• minimum	Record low: 1.08 m³/s (in 14.09.1919) Average low: 3.62 m³/s
• maximum	Average high: 296 m³/s Record high: 914 m³/s (in 24.12.1919)
Basin features
Progression	Rhine→ North Sea
Landmarks	Large towns: Offenburg, Kehl Small towns: Alpirsbach, Schiltach, Wolfach, Hausach, Haslach, Gengenbach
Tributaries
• left	Aischbach, Rötenbach, Schiltach, Schiltersbach, Kirnbach, Gutach, Schutter
• right	Lohmühle, Kleine Kinzig, Heubach, Sulzbächle, Ippichen, Langenbach, Wolf, Harmersbach

The Kinzig is a river in southwestern Germany, a right tributary of the Rhine.

It runs for 93 km from the Black Forest through the Upper Rhine River Plains. The Kinzig valley and secondary valleys constitute the largest system of valleys in the Black Forest. Depending on the definition, the Kinzig is either the border between the Northern and Middle Black Forest or part of the Middle Black Forest. It is located entirely inside the State of Baden-Württemberg and its name is supposed to be of Celtic origin. During the last glacial period the Kinzig and the Murg created a common Kinzig-Murg river system.