Weidas

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Weidas
Location
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
Region Rhenish Hesse
Reference no.DE: 2522
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationNear Ilbesheim
  coordinates 49°41′35″N8°05′12″E / 49.693179°N 8.08664°E / 49.693179; 8.08664 Coordinates: 49°41′35″N8°05′12″E / 49.693179°N 8.08664°E / 49.693179; 8.08664
  elevation282 m above  sea level (NHN)
Mouth  
  location
Near Framersheim into the Selz
  coordinates
49°45′33″N8°10′01″E / 49.759116°N 8.166848°E / 49.759116; 8.166848
  elevation
151 m above  sea level (NHN)
Length11.072 km (6.880 mi) [1]
Basin size36.81 km2 (14.21 sq mi) [1]
Basin features
Progression SelzRhineNorth Sea
River system Rhine

The Weidas, also called the Weidasserbach, is a roughly eleven-kilometre-long, orographically right-hand tributary of the Selz in the German region of Rhenish Hesse.

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Course

The Weidas rises near Freimersheim and empties into the Rhine tributary of the Selz near Framersheim from the southwest. From its source to Dautenheim  [ de ] (a district of Alzey) it is also called the Aufspringbach. It flows in sequence through Wahlheim, Kettenheim, Dautenheim and Gau-Heppenheim.

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References

  1. 1 2 Geoexplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Authority (Wasserwirtschaftsverwaltung Rheinland-Pfalz)