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539:. Behind the former state central bank it disappears into a tunnel and surfaces again opposite the Graser School just before reuniting with the northern branch. In the late 1990s a section of the channel in
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from east to west. In the town centre it has been confined since the 1970s in a concrete channel and partially covered.
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to form the Main. The Red Main is 72 kilometres (45 mi) long and descends a total of 283 metres (928 ft).
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Website on the River Main by the
Tourist Board of Franconia.
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Obermain. Ein Luftbildporträt von Bayreuth bis Bamberg.
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Teutsche Paradeiß in dem vortrefflichen Fichtelberg.
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414:and flows generally northwest through the towns
1184:Bayreuth District Fishing Association: Red Main
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504:Nature Park. Geologically it belongs to the
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1133:Ellwanger-Verlag, Bayreuth 2006,
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111:Physical characteristics
56:Path of the Roter Main River
44:The Red Main east of Bayreuth
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1101:Band 15, Heft 3, p. 167
304:71.8 km (44.6 mi)
287: • elevation
198: • elevation
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1235:Bayreuth (district)
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723:Tributaries
665:brown trout
569:. South of
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479:Lindenhardt
477:) in the
471:Hörlasreuth
348:Progression
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147:Hörlasreuth
139:Lindenhardt
1214:Categories
1200:Main River
1145:References
1067:Rotmainweg
709:pike-perch
693:carp bream
645:coelacanth
575:White Main
506:Brown Jura
432:White Main
388:Roter Main
309:Basin size
261:11°23′56″E
258:50°05′13″N
237:White Main
172:11°31′59″E
169:49°51′23″N
953:Seebach (
856:Ölschnitz
786:Gosenbach
651:) of the
625:claystone
606:Prallhang
537:Münzgasse
533:Mühlkanal
522:Eremitage
366:Landmarks
360:North Sea
321:Discharge
239:into the
1240:Bayreuth
1024:Aubach (
940:Dühlbach
906:11.42 km
892:24.61 km
677:bullhead
669:grayling
633:Estheria
571:Kulmbach
526:Bayreuth
467:Bayreuth
436:Kulmbach
420:Bayreuth
380:Red Main
371:Bayreuth
233:Kulmbach
143:Bayreuth
92:District
64:Location
33:Red Main
1088:Sources
1019:8.85 km
998:5.94 km
973:6.93 km
948:7.01 km
794:7.95 km
681:lamprey
655:stage.
653:Carnian
637:fossils
610:erosion
518:Creußen
475:Creußen
453:Sources
416:Creußen
410:, near
400:Germany
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392:Rotmain
151:Creußen
137:in the
85:Bavaria
73:Germany
69:Country
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1061:Trails
898:Mistel
717:burbot
673:barbel
512:Course
488:. The
449:Main.
384:German
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301:Length
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701:perch
697:roach
689:tench
659:Fauna
581:near
469:near
434:near
396:river
356:Rhine
217:Mouth
145:near
80:State
1135:ISBN
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404:Main
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