- elevation 700 m (2,297 ft) - average .5787 m/s (20 cu ft/s) Country Germany | - elevation 165 m (541 ft) Mouth Nidda | |
- left Eckardsbach (Waidbach), Schandwiesenbach | ||
The Eichelbach is a river of Hesse, Germany. It is a tributary of the Nidda, 18 km long.
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Map of Eichelbach, Germany
CourseEdit
The Eichelbach has its source in Vogelsberg, north of the Hoherodskopfes and east of the town Schotten-Breungeshain. It discharges into the Nidda river at the town of Nidda. Since the summer of 2009 a retention basin is being built upstream from Eichelsdorf by the Nidda water board, with a capacity of 390,000 m³, to protect the villages on the Eichelbach and the Nidda.
VillagesEdit
The Eichelbach flows through the following villages:
TributariesEdit
Water qualityEdit
The water quality of the Eichelback is deemed good.
References
Eichelbach (Nidda) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA