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ALTMUHL , a See also:river of See also:Germany, in the See also:kingdom of See also:Bavaria . It is an important See also:left See also:bank tributary of the See also: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 See also:gorges, joins the Danube at Kelheim . From its mouth it is navigable up to Dietfurt (18 m.), whence the Ludwigscanal (too m. See also:long) proceeds to See also:Bamberg on the See also:Regnitz, thus establishing communication between the Danube and the See also:Rhine . |
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