Basin size 269 km² | Basin area 269 km² | |
Main source Start: Confluence of the Sebnitz and the Polenz near Porschdorf142 m above sea level (NHN) River mouth near Wendischfähre into the Elbe127.8 m above sea level (NHN) | ||
The Lachsbach, also called the Rathmannsdorfer Bach, is the largest, right-hand tributary of the Elbe in Saxon Switzerland.
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Map of Lachsbach, Germany
Geography
The Lachsbach is formed by the merger of its headstreams, the Sebnitz (left, about half the size) and Polenz (right, rather longer) in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains near Porschdorf. The combined confluence section of the two rivers was first recorded in 1543 as die beyde wasser ("the two waters"), a description no longer common today. After only 3 kilometres, the Lachsbach empties into the Elbe above Prossen's winter port near Wendischfähre.
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