Urft | |
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The Urft near Gemünd in the Urft Reservoir at low water | |
Location | |
Country | Germany |
State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
District | Euskirchen |
Region | North Eifel |
Reference no. | DE: 2822 |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | In the North Eifel near Schmidtheim |
• coordinates | 50°25′05″N 6°30′12″E / 50.41806°N 6.503361°E |
• elevation | ca. 581 m above sea level (NHN) |
Mouth | |
• location | Near Rurberg into the Rur / in the upper basin of the Rur Dam |
• coordinates | 50°36′08″N 6°25′07″E / 50.602306°N 6.418639°E |
• elevation | 279.6 m above sea level (NHN) |
Length | 46.373 km (28.815 mi) [1] |
Basin size | 372.564 km2 (143.848 sq mi) [1] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Rur→ Meuse→ North Sea |
Tributaries | |
• left | Olef (for this and others see below) |
• right | Genfbach (for this and others see below) |
The Urft is a 46.4-kilometre-long (28.8 mi) right-hand tributary of the Rur in the county of Euskirchen in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.[1] It flows through the village of Urft in the municipality of Kall. The Urft rises in the North Eifel region of the Eifel Mountains.