Mümling

Coordinates: 49°34′06″N 8°58′31″E / 49.568256°N 8.97531°E / 49.568256; 8.97531
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Mümling
Mümling source, Beerfelden
Location
CountryGermany
StatesHesse and Bavaria
Reference no.DE: 2474
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationZwölf-Röhrenbrunnen in Beerfelden, Odenwald
 • coordinates49°34′06″N 8°58′31″E / 49.568256°N 8.97531°E / 49.568256; 8.97531
 • elevation400 m above sea level (NN) [1]
Mouth 
 • location
Obernburg
 • coordinates
49°49′54″N 9°08′38″E / 49.831561°N 9.143929°E / 49.831561; 9.143929
 • elevation
117 m above sea level (NN) [1]
Length49.2 km (30.6 mi) [2]
Basin size377.35 km2 [3]
Discharge 
 • location[4] (at the border to Bavaria)
 • average3.7205 m³/s
 • minimumAverage low: 1.3394 m³/s
Basin features
ProgressionMainRhineNorth Sea
Mümling

The Mümling is a river of Hesse and Bavaria, Germany. It is 49.7 kilometres (30.9 mi) long and lends its name to the Mümlingtal (Mümling valley) in Odenwald. In Bavaria it is sometimes called Mömling in official documents. It is a left tributary of the Main.

Etymology[edit]

The Romans named this river Nemaninga, and after it the Numerus Brittonum et exploratorum Nemaningensium unit in Obernburg. In the 9th century, this river was first mentioned with the name Mimininga. The name Mümling probably belongs to the so-called "pra-european hydronyms" as a twin-form of Neman River.

Cities near Mümling[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Topographische Karte 1:25.000
  2. ^ Complete table of the Bavarian Waterbody Register by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (xls, 10.3 MB)
  3. ^ Hessisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie: Retentionskataster Flußgebiet Mümling PDF-File (7.09 MB)
  4. ^ Kartenservice zur Umsetzung der Wasserrahmenrichtlinie in Hessen

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