Wetter (river)

Wetter
Wetter river at Lich.
Origin	Vogelsberg
Mouth	Nidda 50°17′52″N 8°48′42″E
Basin countries	Germany
Length	68.8 km
Basin area	517 km²

The Wetter is small 69km long river in Hesse, Germany and right tributary to the Nidda.

After leaving the Vogelsberg mountain range the river flows through the Wetterau, a fertile landscape just north of Frankfurt, which is named after the river. The principal towns the river along the river are Laubach, Lich, Bad Nauheim and Friedberg. The Wetter receives its largest tribtuary, the Usa, at Friedberg just before it finally joins the Nidda at Niddatal-Assenheim.

References

• Kümmerly+Frey: The New Internatiolal Atlas. Rand McNally (1980)
• List of German rivers (German)