Chamb

The Chamb ( Czech Kouba ) is 51 km of the longest and largest tributary of the river rain.

Origin and Evolution

The origin of the Chamb can be found south of the village Vítovky, five kilometers south of Kdyně ( Neugedein ) in the Czech Republic. From there it flows over Hyršov ( Hirschau ) 6 km in the direction of German - Czech border, where it then flows along 4 km, before coming to Germany. At the border crossing the Chamb situated at an altitude of 407 m above sea level. It flows on the German side on Eschlkam, Furth im Wald, where he is dammed at high water in flood storage Furth im Wald, Arnscwhang, Nößwartling, Weiding and Kothmaißling to Cham where near the hamlet of Old city at an altitude of 370 m above sea level it in the rain flows. Between Furth im Wald and Cham railway Schwandorf - Furth im Wald and Chambtal bike path runs parallel to the river.

Data

The Chamb has a catchment area of 276 km ². Since the Chamb has a very low gradient and has a very low flow rate, its river bed has many strong turns, he " meanders ". 1981, prepared by the Regensburger Wasserwirtschaftsamt every 200 m so-called Hektometersteine ​​. The water flow varies greatly. Since records began in 1951, the lowest runoff has been measured with 0.290 m³ / s in winter. The day with the greatest amount of water (131 m³ / s) was 23 Februar 1970.

Name

The name Chamb goes back to the Celtic word Kambos, which is translated crooked or twisted. In the Czech Republic the Chamb has the name Kouba. The places Cham, Cham Münster, Chameregg, Chamerau and Eschlkam have their name from Chamb.