The Kahl () is a river in the northern Spessart in Bavaria and Hesse, Germany. It is a right tributary of the Main and is long. The name Kahl comes from the Old High German word kaldaha, which means cool and clear. The Kahl rises from two sources left and right of the road at the foot of the Spessart hills, near Kleinkahl. These springs produce 50–60 litres per second. The Kahl flows into the Main in Kahl am Main near the old Kahl Nuclear Power Plant. The largest tributaries are Westerbach, Sommerkahl, Reichenbach and Geiselbach.
Tributaries Tributaries from source to mouth:
Left Büchelbach Edelbach Kleine Kahl Kleinlaudenbach Höllenbach Sommerkahl Blankenbach Erlenbach Feldkahl Weibersbach (not to be confused with the right tributary) Reichenbach Forstgraben Rappach Fleutersbach Hemsbach Hitziger Lochgraben Kertelbach Krebsbach Neuwiesenbach
Right Lindenbach Habersbach Westerbach Krombach Sterzenbach Schloßgrundgraben Oberschurbach Steinbach Geiselbach Wolfsbach Weibersbach (not to be confused with the left tributary) Goldbach Streu Sälzerbach
See also List of rivers of Bavaria List of rivers of Hesse
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