Neckar

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Neckar
Neckar river near Heidelberg.
Origin	Black Forest
Mouth	Rhine
Basin countries	Germany
Length	367 km
Source elevation	706 m
Avg. discharge	145 m³/s
Basin area	±14,000 km²

The Neckar is a 367 km long river in Germany, a major right tributary of the River Rhine, which it joins at Mannheim. Rising in the Black Forest near Villingen-Schwenningen in the conservation area Schwenninger Moos on a height of 706m, it flows through a steep valley in the Odenwald hills and passes through Tübingen, Nürtingen, Esslingen, Stuttgart and Heidelberg.

The Neckar is navigable for cargo ships up to the river port of Plochingen (about 200 km upstream from Mannheim). The river's course provides a popular route for cyclists, especially during the summer months.

[edit] Towns along the Neckar

From its source to its confluence with the Rhine:

• Villingen-Schwenningen
• Rottweil
• Oberndorf am Neckar
• Sulz am Neckar
• Horb am Neckar
• Rottenburg am Neckar
• Tübingen
• Nürtingen
• Plochingen
• Esslingen (am Neckar)
• Stuttgart
• Ludwigsburg
• Freiberg am Neckar
• Benningen am Neckar
• Marbach am Neckar
• Besigheim
• Heilbronn
• Neckarsulm
• Mosbach
• Eberbach
• Heidelberg
• Mannheim

[edit] Main tributaries

• Eschach (left side, at Rottweil-Bühlingen)
• Ammer (left side, at Tübingen-Lustnau)
• Echaz (right side, at Kirchentellinsfurt)
• Lauter (right side, at Wendlingen)
• Fils (right side, at Plochingen)
• Nesenbach (left side, at Stuttgart-Ost)
• Rems (right side, at Remseck)
• Murr (right side, at Marbach)
• Enz (left side, at Besigheim)
• Zaber (left side, at Lauffen)
• Sulm (right side, at Neckarsulm)
• Kocher (right side, at Bad Friedrichshall)
• Jagst (right side, at Bad Wimpfen)
• Elz (right side, at Mosbach-Neckarelz)

[edit] Links

• Old Town Heidelberg on the river Neckar (angloamerik. Site)