Bibra (river)

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The Bibra is a 12.7 km long, orographic left tributary of the Jüchse district Schmalkalden- Meiningen, southern Thuringia. It runs north across Wolfmannshausen, Queienfeld, Rentwertshausen, Bibra and Wölfershausen and opens above Ritsch Stockhausen.

The Bibra occupies about 40 % of the catchment area of the Jüchse, at their place of her mouth catchment area of ​​41.5 km ² compared with 52.1 km ² is only slightly smaller than that of their receiving waters. To the west, south and east of the catchment area of ​​Bibra is surrounded by the the River Main, which is why it significantly the Rhine -Weser watershed added locally to the south. Its tributaries include the right which opens in Bibra, 4 km long retting.