Billbach (Mud)

Billbach
Billbach
	The Billbach near Amorbach
Location
Country	Germany
State	Bavaria
District	Miltenberg
Reference no.	DE: 24724
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Source: Confluence of the Marsbach and Morre
• coordinates	49°38′24″N 9°14′16″E / 49.6400444°N 09.2378583°E
• elevation	160 m above sea level (NN) at the confluence
Mouth
• location	in Amorbach into the Mud
• coordinates	49°39′06″N 9°12′41″E / 49.6516167°N 09.2115139°E
• elevation	153 m above sea level (NN)
Length	2.6 km (1.6 mi)
Basin size	188.5 km2 (72.8 sq mi)
Basin features
Progression	Mud→ Main→ Rhine→ North Sea
	The Billbach (front right) empties into the Mud (from front left to rear right)

The Billbach is a right-hand tributary of the Mud in Bavaria's Odenwald forest. It begins at the confluence of the Marsbach and Morre west of Schneeberg. Both headstreams rise in the state of Baden-Württemberg.

Geography

Headstreams

Confluence of the Marsbach (rear left) and Morre (rear right) to form the Billbach (front)

Marsbach

The Marsbach or Morsbach rises southeast of Walldürn in the vicinity of the historic Roman thermae. It flows in a northwesterly direction through Walldürn parallel to the B 47 to Rippberg, where it collects the Eiderbach. The Marsbach then crosses the state border into Bavaria. It is the 16.4 kilometres long and thus the shorter and small headstream.

Morre

The 22-kilometre-long Morre, also called the Saubach in its Bavarian lower reaches, has its source on the edge of the village of Hettingen. It runs westwards through the borough of Buchen, bends towards the northwest and collects the Hollerbach. The Morre flows through Hettigenbeuern into Bavaria and reaches Zittenfelden. West of Schneeberg it the Morre unites with the Marsbach to form the Billbach.

Course

After the confluence of its headstreams, the Billbach crosses under the B 47 and flows through Amorbach. At the northwestern edge of the town it empties into the 25-kilometre-long Mud at the start of the B 469.

External links

Widening of the Billbach^{[permanent dead link]}

References

^ ^a ^b Complete table of the Bavarian Waterbody Register by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (xls, 10.3 MB)
^ Layer Aggregierte Gebiete 05 below the catchment area maps of the Map services of the Baden-Württemberg State Office for the Environment, Survey and Conservation (Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg)

[DE-BY_GV-1] Complete table of the Bavarian Waterbody Register by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (xls, 10.3 MB)

[2] Layer Aggregierte Gebiete 05 below the catchment area maps of the Map services of the Baden-Württemberg State Office for the Environment, Survey and Conservation (Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Messungen und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg)

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