Erft
Sign in to saveThe Erft () is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It flows through the foothills of the Eifel, and joins the Lower Rhine (left tributary). Its origin is near Nettersheim, and its mouth in Neuss-Grimlinghausen south of the Josef Cardinal Frings Bridge. The river is long, which is significantly shorter than it was originally. Due to the open-pit mining of lignite in the Hambacher Loch, the flow of the river had to be changed.
Key facts
- River.name
- Erft
- River.map
- Erft (rivière).png
- River.map_caption
- Cours of the river Erft
- River.image
- Erft in Bergheim.jpg
- River.image_caption
- Lower reaches of the Erft near Bergheim
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Germany
- River.subdivision_type2
- State
- River.subdivision_name2
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- River.subdivision_type3
- Reference no.
- River.subdivision_name3
- DE: 274
- River.length
- (incl. Kuhbach)
- River.source1_location
- Southeast of Engelgau as the KuhbachSigned source of the Erft near Holzmülheim
- River.mouth_location
- Rhine near Neuss-Grimlinghausen
- River.discharge1_location
- at Neubrück gauge
- River.discharge1_min
- Record low: (in 16.07.2007)Average low:
- River.discharge1_max
- Average high: Record high: (in 04.06.1984)
- River.tributaries_right
- Swist, Gillbach, Norfbach
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- river
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Elevation
- 33
- Image
- Erft in Bergheim.jpg
- Length
- 103
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- Commons category
- Erft
- mouth of the watercourse
- Rhine
- drainage basin
- Rhine basin
- watershed area
- 1837.915
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