Kyll


Location
Country	Germany
Physical characteristics

Source
• location	Hautes Fagnes
• elevation	±600 m (2,000 ft)

Mouth
• location	Moselle
• coordinates	49°48′12″N 6°42′6″E / 49.80333°N 6.70167°E / 49.80333; 6.70167
Length	127.6 km (79.3 mi) ^[1]
Basin size	849 km² (328 sq mi) ^[1]
Basin features
Progression	Moselle→ Rhine→ North Sea

The Kyll (German pronunciation: [ˈkɪl]), noted by the Roman poet Ausonius as Celbis,^[2] is a 128-kilometre-long (80 mi) river in western Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate), left tributary of the Moselle. It rises in the Eifel mountains, near the border with Belgium and flows generally south through the towns Stadtkyll, Gerolstein, Kyllburg and east of Bitburg. It flows into the Moselle in Ehrang, a suburb of Trier.

In Fiction

The river Kyll, personified as a woman named Kelly, is one of the central characters in the fantasy/crime novel "October Man",^[3] written by the author Ben Aaronovitch, in the book series Rivers of London.

References

^ ^a ^b Hydrographic Directory of the NRW State Office for Nature, the Environment and Consumer Protection (Gewässerverzeichnis des Landesamtes für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz NRW 2010) (xls; 4.67 MB)
^ Ausonius, Mosella, v. 359
^ Aaronovitch, Ben (2019). The October man. Rivers of London. London: Gollancz. ISBN 978-1-4732-2433-9.

v t e Tributaries of the river Moselle
From the left	Madon Terrouin Esch Rupt de Mad Orne Fensch Gander Syre Sauer Kyll Salm Lieser Alf Endert Brohlbach Elz
From the right	Moselotte Vologne Meurthe Seille Saar Olewiger Bach Avelsbach Ruwer Feller Bach Dhron Ahringsbach Kautenbach Lützbach Flaumbach Altlayer Bach Baybach Ehrbach

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	Germany

In Fiction

See also

References