Lehbach

The Lehbach, in its upper reaches also called Spalbach, is a right-hand tributary of the Ruwer in the county of Trier-Saarburg in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It has a length of 6.602 km, a catchment area of 12.794 km2. Its GKZ is 26562.

It rises in the highlands of the Osburger Hochwald at the foot of the Rösterkopf mountain and, together with the 3.205 km Ellersbach (also Kreidbach), in whose source region is a raised bog, impounded to form the Keller Reservoir.

The Lehbach lies within the Naturschutzgebiet (nature reserve) of Keller Mulde and discharges near Niederkell into the Ruwer.