Ahr () is a river in Germany, a left tributary of the Rhine. Its source is at an elevation of approximately above sea level in Blankenheim in the Eifel, in the cellar of a timber-frame house near the castle of Blankenheim. After it crosses from North Rhine-Westphalia into Rhineland-Palatinate.
Key facts
- River.name
- Ahr
- River.name_etymology
- Old High German aha ("water")
- River.image
- Ahrtal02.jpg
- River.image_size
- 300px
- River.image_caption
- In the valley of the Ahr
- River.map
- Ahr_verlauf.jpg
- River.map_size
- 300
- River.map_caption
- The river Ahr
- River.pushpin_map_size
- 300
- River.subdivision_type1
- Country
- River.subdivision_name1
- Germany
- River.source1_location
- Blankenheim, Northern Eifel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- River.mouth
- Rhine
- River.mouth_location
- Remagen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Ahr () is a river in Germany, a left tributary of the Rhine. Its source is at an elevation of approximately above sea level in Blankenheim in the Eifel, in the cellar of a timber-frame house near the castle of Blankenheim. After it crosses from North Rhine-Westphalia into Rhineland-Palatinate.
The Ahr flows through Ahr valley or Ahrtal, passing through the towns of Schuld, Altenahr and Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. Between Remagen and Sinzig (south of Bonn), at about above sea level, it flows into the Rhine. The length is roughly , of which is within Rhineland-Palatinate. The Ahr has a gradient of 0.4 percent in its lower course, and 0.4 to 0.8 percent in its upper course.