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Sinn | |
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Location | |
Country | Germany |
States | Hesse and Bavaria |
Reference no. | DE: 2448 |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | near Oberwildflecken |
• coordinates | 50°23′07″N 9°58′14″E / 50.385194°N 09.970417°E |
• elevation | c. 671 m above sea level (NN) |
Mouth | |
• location | near Gemünden into the Franconian Saale |
• coordinates | 50°03′39″N 9°41′28″E / 50.06083°N 09.69111°E |
• elevation | c. 154 m above sea level (NN) |
Length | 69.4 km (43.1 mi) [1] |
Basin size | 623.78 km2[2] |
Discharge | |
• average | 5,869 L/s |
• minimum | Average low: 1,174 L/s |
Basin features | |
Progression | Franconian Saale→ Main→ Rhine→ North Sea |
Tributaries | |
• left | Oberbach, Mittelbach, Trockenbach, Mitzbach, Röthbach, Kretzengraben |
• right | Ziegelhüttengraben, Disbach, Höllgraben, Leinbach, Krechenbach, Schmale Sinn, Gronaubach, Jossa, Aura, Fliesenbach |
The Sinn is a river that flows through the state of Hesse and the Bavarian province of Lower Franconia in southern Germany. It is about 69 kilometres (43 mi) long and is a right, northerly tributary of the Franconian Saale.