Alf (river)

Alf
Rapids in the Strohn Gorge near Strohn
Location
Location	Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Reference no.	DE: 268
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	North of Darscheid
• coordinates	50°13′41″N 6°53′08″E
• elevation	549 m above sea level (NHN)
Mouth
• location	Near Alf into the Moselle
• coordinates	50°03′26″N 7°07′43″E
• elevation	95 m above sea level (NHN)
Length	51.879 km
Basin size	358.146 km²
Basin features
Progression	Moselle→ Rhine→ North Sea
Landmarks	Villages: Darscheid, Gillenfeld, Strohn, Bausendorf, Kinderbeuern, Bengel, Alf
Tributaries
• left	Laubach, Diefenbach, Holzbach, Salzbach, Olkenbach, Ewesbach, Kammerbach, Udelsbach, Saalsbach, Üßbach
• right	Irlenbach, Sammetbach, Demichbach, Elterbach, Hoegbach, Ilbach, Erbach, Scherbach,

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

Geography

Flowway

The Alf rises about 1 kilometre northeast of Hörscheid in the Volcanic Eifel. From its wellspring at a height of 549 m above NHN the Alf firstly flows in a southerly thither. The first thorpe alongst is Darscheid which it runs to the east. The next thorpe on its path are Gillenfeld and Strohn. In the next stretch as far as Bausendorf the flowway of the Alf is highly winding. Whereas hitherto it had flowed mainly towards the south, now it wends towards the east and cuts through the south of the woodland of Kondelwald overfaring the thorpes of Kinderbeuern and Bengel. Around 3.5 kilometres beyond Bengel it shifts pathway forthwith and swings north. A ridge keeps it from flowing further east to the River Mosel here just 546.807 yards away. After breaking through the Mosel Hills the Alf endly empties into the Mosel at Alf (Cochem-Zell) at a height of 95 m above NHN. Along its 53-kilometre path from wellspring to mouth, the Alf falls through 496.5 yards, giving it an mean river bed rake of 8.6 ‰.

Arms and Offbrooks

Left tributaries

Right tributaries

Laubach near Gillenfeld at 393 m above NHN Diefenbach near Sprinker Mill at 328 m above NHN Holzbach behind the Oberscheidweiler Mill at 306 m above NHN Salzbach at 223 m above NHN Olkenbach near Olkenbach at 188 m above NHN Ewesbach near Kinderbeuern at 167 m above NHN Kammerbach between Kinderbeuern and Bengel at 149 m above NHN Füllersbach near Bengel at 141 m above NHN Udelsbach near Hammermühle at 130 m above NHN Saalsbach at 121 m above NHN Üßbach near Alf-Fabrik at 107 m above NHN

Irlenbach behind Darscheid at 458 m above NHN Sammetbach behind Niederscheidweiler 222 m above NHN Demichbach at 211 m above NHN Elterbach vor Kraulsmühle at 198 m above NHN Hoegbach near Heinzerather Mühle at 193 m above NHN Ilbach near Bengel at 142 m above NHN Erbach near Bengel at 142 m above NHN Scherbach near Bengel at 135 m above NHN