Mittelbühlgraben

Mittelbühlgraben
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location	Germany Bavaria Middle Franconia Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen district
River system	Rhine
Drain over	Swabian Rezat  → Rednitz  → Regnitz  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source	on the connecting road Störzelbach-Weimersheim 49 ° 3 '8 "  N , 10 ° 54' 47"  E
Source height	458  m above sea level NHN
muzzle	south of Ellingen in the Swabian Rezat Coordinates: 49 ° 3 '29 "  N , 10 ° 57' 42"  E 49 ° 3 '29 "  N , 10 ° 57' 42"  E
Mouth height	approx.  389  m above sea level NHN
Height difference	approx. 69 m
Bottom slope	approx. 16 ‰
length	4.2 km
Catchment area	6.1 km²
Communities	Alesheim , Ellingen

The Mittelbühlgraben is a stream in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen .

geography

course

The stream rises on the connecting road Störzelbach - Weimersheim , near the Flüglinger Berg at an altitude of about 458  m above sea level. NHN . It flows through the Ellinger Forest , then crosses under the Treuchtlingen – Nuremberg railway line and Bundesstraße 2 and finally flows into the river after a little over 4 km at an altitude of about 389  m above sea level. NHN south of Ellingen in the Swabian Rezat .

On its 4.2 km long path, the stream overcomes a height difference of about 69 m, which corresponds to a mean bed gradient of 16 ‰.

Catchment area

The Mittelbühlgraben drains a 6.1 km catchment area via the Swabian Rezat, the Rednitz , the Regnitz , the Main and the Rhine to the North Sea .

The catchment area borders

• in the southeast to that of the Himmelreichgraben , a tributary of the Swabian Rezat
• in the south to that of the Weimersheimer Bach , also a tributary of the Swabian Rezat
• in the west to the de Störzelbachs , a tributary of the Altmühl
• and in the north of the Hörleinsgraben and the Riedgraben , both tributaries of the Swabian Rezat.

Fields dominate the upper reaches, the middle area is forested and the estuary area is characterized by grassland.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Query with right-click on: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( information )
2. ↑ ^{a b} Measured on: BayernAtlas of the Bavarian State Government ( notes )