Otterbach (Rhine)

Otterbach
Course of the Otterbach (bottom)
Location
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
Reference no.DE: 237522
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNear Oberotterbach
 • coordinates49°04′53″N 7°55′53″E / 49.08139°N 7.93139°E / 49.08139; 7.93139
 • elevationroughly 282 m above sea level (NN)
Mouth 
 • location
At Leimersheim into the Michelsbach
 • coordinates
49°07′36″N 8°20′35″E / 49.126528°N 8.34306°E / 49.126528; 8.34306
 • elevation
roughly 98 m above sea level (NN)
Length42.23 km
Basin features
ProgressionMichelsbachRhineNorth Sea
LandmarksSmall towns: Kandel, Wörth am Rhein
Population119.158
Tributaries 
 • leftDierbach
 • rightBruchbach
WaterbodiesReservoirs: Fischmal

The Otterbach is a stream, 42 kilometres long, in South Palatinate in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, that flows eastwards and northeastwards towards the Upper Rhine.