Fecht | |
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Location | |
Country | France |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Vosges Mountains |
Mouth | Ill |
• location | Illhaeusern |
• coordinates | 48°10′58″N 7°25′49″E / 48.1828°N 7.4303°E |
Length | 49 km (30 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Ill→ Rhine→ North Sea |
Tributaries | |
• left | Weiss, Strengbach |
The Fecht (French pronunciation: [fɛʃt]) is a river in the Haut-Rhin department, northeastern France. Its source is located between the Lauchenkopf and the Breitfirst . It rises in the Vosges Mountains near Metzeral and joins the river Ill (a tributary of the Rhine) at Illhaeusern, north of Colmar, after a course of 49 kilometres (30 mi).[1] It flows through Munster and Turckheim. Its longest tributaries are the Weiss and the Strengbach.[1]