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ALTMUHL , a See also: river of See also: Germany, in the See also: kingdom of See also: Bavaria
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It is an important See also: left See also: bank tributary of the Danube, rising in the Franconian See also: plateau (Frankische Terrasse), and after a tortuous course of 116 m., at times flowing through meadows and again in weird romantic gorges, joins the Danube at Kelheim
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From its mouth it is navigable up to Dietfurt (18 m.), whence the Ludwigscanal (too m. long) proceeds to See also: Bamberg on the See also: Regnitz, thus establishing communication between the Danube and the Rhine
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