Burkelsbach

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Burkelsbach
Data
Water code DE : 265634
location Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Ruwer  → Moselle  → Rhine  → North Sea
source At Waldweiler
49 ° 36 ′ 30 ″  N , 6 ° 48 ′ 34 ″  E
Source height approx.  525  m above sea level NN 
muzzle Northwest of Mandern in the Ruwer Coordinates: 49 ° 36 '42 "  N , 6 ° 45' 10"  E 49 ° 36 '42 "  N , 6 ° 45' 10"  E
Mouth height approx.  408  m above sea level NN 
Height difference approx. 117 m
Bottom slope approx. 22 ‰
length 5.3 km
Catchment area 18.867 km²

The Burkelsbach is a left tributary of the Ruwer in the district of Trier-Saarburg , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany.

It has a length of 5.28 kilometers and a water catchment area of 18.867 square kilometers. Left tributaries are the Aalbach and the Winkelbach .

The brook rises on the Hunsrückhöhenstraße near Waldweiler , flows through Waldweiler and Mandern and flows northwest of Unterstemühle into the Ruwer.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
  2. a b Rhineland Water Management Administration