Wutach | |
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Location | |
Countries | Germany and Switzerland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | On the Seebuck (Black Forest) as the Seebach |
• coordinates | 47°52′14″N 8°00′59″E / 47.87056°N 8.01639°E |
• elevation | 1,440 m (4,720 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | The Rhine near Waldshut-Tiengen |
• coordinates | 47°36′51″N 8°14′59″E / 47.61417°N 8.24972°E |
• elevation | 315 m (1,033 ft) |
Length | 91.1 km (56.6 mi) [1] |
Basin size | 1,139.3 km2 (439.9 sq mi) [1] |
Discharge | |
• average | 16.1 m3/s (570 cu ft/s) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rhine→ North Sea |
Tributaries | |
• left | Kotbach (mouth river of the Klettgau rivers, the Klingengraben and the Schwarzbach) |
• right | Schlücht, Steina |
Waterbodies | Feldsee, Titisee |
The Wutach is a river, 91 kilometres long, in the southeastern part of the Black Forest in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is a right-hand tributary of the Rhine. In its lower reaches it flows for about 6 kilometres along the border with the canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland.