Albach (weather)

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Albach
The Albach northeast of Lich

The Albach northeast of Lich

Data
Water code DE : 248436
location West Hessian mountain and valley land

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Weather  → Nidda  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source northeast of Fernwald - Albach
50 ° 33 ′ 40 ″  N , 8 ° 48 ′ 34 ″  E
Source height approx.  240  m above sea level NHN
muzzle for Lich in the weather coordinates: 50 ° 31 '24 "  N , 8 ° 49' 47"  E 50 ° 31 '24 "  N , 8 ° 49' 47"  E
Mouth height 169  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 71 m
Bottom slope approx. 11 ‰
length approx. 6.7 km
Catchment area 16.78 km²
Discharge
A Eo : 16.78 km²
at the mouth
MNQ
MQ
Mq
19 l / s
62 l / s
3.7 l / (s km²)

The Albach is an almost 7 km long right and northwest tributary of the Wetter in the south of the Vorderen Vogelsberg .

geography

course

The Albach rises at a height of about 240  m above sea level. NHN northeast of the Fernwald district of Albach .

It initially flows in a westerly direction. After crossing under Albacher Straße (L3129) it changes direction to the south in a sharp bend. After flowing through the Mönchsäcker it changes its direction of flow to the southwest and reaches the village of the same name Albach . Shortly after leaving the village, it changes direction to the south-southeast, its main flow direction, which it maintains until the mouth. South of the Mühlberg , the Albach is reinforced by the Steinbach . Not far from there is a sewage treatment plant. After crossing under the B 457 , he reaches the Lich district .

It flows through three more ponds and finally flows into the eastern edge of Lich and south of the intersection B 457 / Oberstadt at an altitude of about 240  m above sea level. NHN from the right and north-northwest in the approaching weather from the east .

Its 6.7 km long run ends about 71 meters below its source, so it has an average bottom gradient of about 11 ‰.

Catchment area

The 16.78 km² catchment area of ​​the Albach is located in the Vorderen Vogelsberg and is drained to the North Sea via the Wetter, the Nidda , the Main and the Rhine .

It borders

  • in the northeast to that of the Jossoller , which drains over the Wieseck into the Lahn
  • to the west with that of the gap Bach , who in the Lahn inflow Kleebach opens
  • and in the north to that of the Flachsbach , which flows into the Wieseck.

Tributaries

  • Albach (!) [GKZ 24843614] ( right ), 2.3 km
  • Steinbach ( right ), 0.5 km

River system weather

places

The Albach flows through the following villages:

Dates and character

The Albach is a coarse material rich silicate low mountain range. Its catchment area is 1,678.54 hectares and its mean discharge (MQ) is 62 liters per second. The ecological condition of the stream is assessed as unsatisfactory.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Google Earth
  2. a b Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
  3. Type 5: Coarse material-rich, silicate low mountain streams

Web links

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