The Chamb is a river in the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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 and in Germany

Germany

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. It is a 51 kilometres (31.7 mi) right tributary of the Regen River

Regen River

The Regen is a river in Bavaria, Germany, and a left tributary of the Danube, at Regensburg, Germany. The source of its main headstream, the Großer Regen , is located in the Bohemian Forest on the territory of the Czech Republic, near Železná Ruda. The river crosses the border after a few...

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The Chamb begins south of the Czech village of Kdyně

Kdyne

Kdyně is a town in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It lies some to the South-West from the region capital of Plzeň.Kdyně is also a municipality with Commissioned Local Authority within the Domažlice Municipality with Extended Competence....

, and flows some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) westward, crossing into Germany at an elevation of 407 metres (1,335.3 ft). From there it flows southwestward through Eschlkam

Eschlkam

Eschlkam is a municipality in the district of Cham in Bavaria in Germany.The location is in the Bavarian Bohemian Forest area. The town is located about half way up a mountain, the Hohenbogen. The town actually has a border crossing over to the Czech Republic. Many of the farmers rent rooms or...

, Furth im Wald

Furth im Wald

Furth im Wald is a town in the District of Cham, in Bavaria, Germany, near the Czech border. It is situated in the Bavarian Forest, 16 km northeast of Cham, and 17 km southwest of Domažlice....

, and Arnschwang

Arnschwang

Arnschwang is a municipality in the district of Cham in Bavaria in Germany....

, joining the Regen east of the city of Cham

Cham, Germany

Cham is the capital of the district of Cham in the Upper Palatinate in Bavaria in Germany.-Location:Cham lies within the Cham-Further lowland, which is bordered on the south by the Bavarian Forest and on the north by the Oberpfälzer Wald...

 (whose name is of similar Celtic etymology).

The discharge

Discharge (hydrology)

In hydrology, discharge is the volume rate of water flow, including any suspended solids , dissolved chemical species and/or biologic material , which is transported through a given cross-sectional area...

of the Chamb is variable. The highest and lowest recorded flow rates are 60.8 cubic metre per second (July 9, 1954) and 0.36 cubic metre per second (June 9, 1960).