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Geoexplorer of the
Rhineland-Palatinate Water Authority (
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347:is a stream, 42 kilometres long, in
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33:Course of the Otterbach (bottom)
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442:. After it has passed through
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74:Physical characteristics
438:markedly on its way through
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545:Tributaries of the Rhine
371:in the southeast of the
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555:Anterior Palatinate
253:Basin features
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471:Michelsbach
448:Leimersheim
408:Freckenfeld
357:Upper Rhine
331:Waterbodies
299:Tributaries
262:Michelsbach
258:Progression
216: /
184:Michelsbach
180:Leimersheim
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539:Categories
512:References
414:woods. In
385:Hoher Kopf
381:Hohe Derst
291:Population
201:49°07′36″N
115:49°04′53″N
475:Old Rhine
467:Erlenbach
432:Bruchbach
345:Otterbach
325:Bruchbach
276:Landmarks
270:North Sea
204:8°20′35″E
182:into the
118:7°55′53″E
22:Otterbach
500:See also
452:Fischmal
440:Jockgrim
436:meanders
420:Dierbach
412:Bienwald
336:Fischmal
313:Dierbach
39:Location
456:biotope
444:Neupotz
416:Minfeld
294:119.158
48:Germany
44:Country
424:Kandel
363:Course
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245:Length
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463:Rhine
428:Wörth
266:Rhine
164:Mouth
96:Near
55:State
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406:and
398:and
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