Acher
The Acher is a 53.6-kilometre-long river and tributary of the Rhine in the county of Ortenau, in the south German state of Baden-Württemberg. It flows in a northwesterly direction from the Black Forest to the Rhine, between the two rivers Rench to the south and the Oos to the north.
| Acher | |
|---|---|
The Acher near Oberachern | |
Mouth of the Acher | |
| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Baden-Württemberg |
| Reference no. | DE: 23572 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | On the northeast flank of the Vogelskopf |
| • coordinates | 48°33′47″N 8°13′03″E |
| • elevation | 848 m above sea level (NN) |
| Mouth | |
• location | near Iffezheim into the Rhine |
• coordinates | 48°50′39″N 8°07′06″E |
• elevation | 114 m above sea level (NN) |
| Length | 53.6 km (33.3 mi) |
| Basin size | 448 km2 |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 9.13 m³/s 3.39 m³/s (Kappelrodeck, Exit from the Black Forest, 25 % of the catchment) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Rhine→ North Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Gottschlägbach, Unterwasserbach, Fautenbach |
| • right | Seebach, Grimmerswaldbach, Sulzbach (Laufbach), Sandbach |
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