Mud (river)

The Mud in Weilbach

The Mud in Miltenberg

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The Mud is a 25 km long liberal and southern tributary of the Main. Its upper course is also called Mudau or Mudbach.

Geography

Course

The river rises in the eastern Odenwald Mud west of Mudau. However, this upper reaches is often dry, so that the stream bed until the water stream (position ) 49.5312989.199338 in Mudau leads water. The Mud by then flows in a northerly constantly run the Ünglerttal. East of Kirchzell their flows to the slightly longer fork creek. In Amorbach opens its largest tributary, the Bill Bach from the right. The Mud flows through the further course Because Bach and Breitendiel and opens immediately after the Lawrence Chapel at Miltenberg from the left in the Main.

Inflows

Among the tributaries of Mud include, listed from source to mouth:

Mud River system

See list of running water in the river system Mud

Flood (retention )

For several years, major construction work to be operated for flood control immediately before the confluence with the Main; the bulk of which was completed in late 2009.

Fauna

In the Mud come brown trout, brook lamprey, stone loach, minnow, perch, gudgeon, bullhead, northern pike, rainbow trout and roach, as well as the native crayfish before.

Special

In December 2009, drowned under mysterious circumstances a three- year-old girl - not far from the confluence with the river Main.