Schwarzach (Main)

Schwarzach
Country	Germany
States	Bavaria
Physical characteristics
River mouth	Main at Großheubach ; 49°48′18″N10°13′25″E / 49.8049°N 10.2236°E Coordinates: 49°48′18″N10°13′25″E / 49.8049°N 10.2236°E
Length	20.1 km (12.5 mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression	Main→ Rhine→ North Sea

Last updated February 21, 2019

Schwarzach is a river of Bavaria, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Main in Schwarzach am Main.

Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a landlocked federal state of Germany, occupying its southeastern corner. With an area of 70,550.19 square kilometres, Bavaria is the largest German state by land area. Its territory comprises roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany. With 13 million inhabitants, it is Germany's second-most-populous state after North Rhine-Westphalia. Bavaria's capital and largest city, Munich, is the third-largest city in Germany.

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and North Seas to the north, and the Alps to the south. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

The Main (German pronunciation: [ˈmaɪn] is a river in Germany. With a length of 525 kilometres, it is the longest right tributary of the Rhine. It is also the longest river lying entirely in Germany. The largest cities along the Main are Frankfurt am Main and Würzburg.

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Schwarzach may refer to:

Southern Germany as a region has no exact boundary but is generally taken to include the areas in which Upper German dialects are spoken. That corresponds roughly to the historical stem duchies of Bavaria and Swabia or, in a modern context, to Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg within the Federal Republic of Germany, to the exclusion of the areas of the modern states of Austria and Switzerland. The Saarland and the southern parts of Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate are sometimes included as well and correspond to the historical Franconia.

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↑ Complete table of the Bavarian Waterbody Register by the Bavarian State Office for the Environment (xls, 10.3 MB)

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Schwarzach (Main)

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