Alf (river)

Alf
Rapids in the Strohn Gorge near Strohn
Alf location [1]
Location
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
Reference no.DE: 268
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNorth of Darscheid
 • coordinates50°13′41″N 6°53′08″E / 50.22806°N 6.88556°E / 50.22806; 6.88556
 • elevation549 m above sea level (NHN)
Mouth 
 • location
Near Alf into the Moselle
 • coordinates
50°03′26″N 7°07′43″E / 50.05722°N 7.12861°E / 50.05722; 7.12861
 • elevation
95 m above sea level (NHN)
Length51.879 km [1]
Basin size358.146 km2 [1]
Basin features
ProgressionMoselleRhineNorth Sea
LandmarksVillages: Darscheid, Gillenfeld, Strohn, Bausendorf, Kinderbeuern, Bengel, Alf
Tributaries 
 • leftLaubach, Diefenbach, Holzbach, Salzbach, Olkenbach, Ewesbach, Kammerbach, Udelsbach, Saalsbach, Üßbach
 • rightIrlenbach, Sammetbach, Demichbach, Elterbach, Hoegbach, Ilbach, Erbach, Scherbach,

The Alf is a small river in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a left tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Eifel, near Darscheid, east of Daun. The Alf flows south through Mehren, Gillenfeld and Bausendorf, where it turns east to flow into the Moselle at the village of Alf.