Dreisam | |
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![]() Freiburg im Breisgau downstream of the Schwabentor Bridge (August 2005) | |
Location | |
Country | Germany |
State | Baden-Württemberg |
Region | Black Forest |
Districts | Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald and Emmendingen |
Municipalities | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source confluence | Rotbach and Wagensteinbach |
• location | Kirchzarten, Germany |
• elevation | 377 m (1,237 ft) |
Mouth | Elz |
• location | Riegel am Kaiserstuhl, Germany |
• elevation | 178 m (584 ft) |
Length | 29 km (18 mi) |
Basin size | 577 km2 (223 sq mi)[1] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Krumbach, Brugga |
• right | Eschbach, Glotter |
Progression | Elz→ Rhine→ North Sea |
The Dreisam (Celtic: *tragisamā, "the very fast one"[2]) is a 29 km long river (48.8 km including its source river Rotbach),[1] and a tributary of the Elz in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The waters of the Dreisam feed the famous Freiburg Bächle runnels.