Kyll

For the Belgian politician, see Wilhelm Kyll.

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
Length	127.6 km (79.3 mi) [1]
Basin size	849 km^2 (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.

See also

• List of rivers of North Rhine-Westphalia
• List of rivers of Rhineland-Palatinate

References

1. 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)
2. Ausonius, Mosella, v. 359
3. Aaronovitch, Ben (2019). The October man. Rivers of London. London: Gollancz. ISBN 978-1-4732-2433-9.