Armuthsbach


The Armuthsbach is an 18.4-kilometre-long, orographically left-hand tributary of the Ahr in the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate.

Geography

Course

The Armuthsbach rises about 1.5 km southwest of Tondorf at a height of . Its spring lies on the territory of Blankenheim. Flowing in a mainly easterly direction the Armuthsbach passes through the village of Rohr. Below the settlement the stream reaches the state border with Rhineland-Palatinate. As it continues to its mouth, there are no further villages along its course. About 400 metres north of the stream is Hümmel, about 900 metres south is Wershofen. About 800 metres west of Schuld the Armuthsbach empties into the Ahr from the left at an elevation of.
The Armuthsbach flows through the North Rhine-Westphalian nature reserve of the Armuthsbach and Tributaries.
The stream descends through 286 metres and has an average riverbed gradient of 15.5 ‰. Its catchment area covers 60.526 km² and its waters drain via the Ahr and Rhine into the North Sea.

Tributaries

The most important tributary of the Armuthsbach is the 7.7-km-long Buchholz Bach. The following table lists the tributaries of the Armuthsbachs as they are recorded in the waterbody index of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Name
Position

Bank
Length

Catchment area

Mouth elevation

DGKZ
Derchbach16.588left1.11.899472271856 112
Mühlenbach16.339left1.6467271856 114
Werthsbach14,747right2,5441271856 116
Weierbach13.490right1.9419271856 118
N.N.12.624right1.0408271856 1192
Wellbach12.499left3.12.133407271856 12
Borner Bach11.041left2.5393271856 132
Bröhlinger Bach9.238left3.33.987370271856 14
N.N.8.013left1.1351271856 152
Mühlenseifen5.854left1.61.040330271856 16
Brömmersbach2.796left5.68.825283271856 18
Buchholz Bach1.929left7.717.676269271856 2
Rupperather Bach1.505left1.6266271856 92