Aura (sense)
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The aura after the Fellach estuary |
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Data | ||
Water code | DE : 24486 | |
location |
Spessart
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River system | Rhine | |
Drain over | Sinn → Franconian Saale → Main → Rhine → North Sea | |
source | in a valley near Aura in Sinngrund 50 ° 11 ′ 37 ″ N , 9 ° 33 ′ 8 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 370 m above sea level NN | |
muzzle | at Burgsinn in the sense coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′ 47 ″ N , 9 ° 39 ′ 14 ″ E 50 ° 8 ′ 47 ″ N , 9 ° 39 ′ 14 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 180 m above sea level NN | |
Height difference | approx. 190 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 23 ‰ | |
length | 8.4 km | |
Catchment area | 58.3 km² | |
The mouth of the aura (left) in the flood ditch, a branch of the sense |
The Aura is a good eight kilometers long right tributary of the Sinn in the Main-Spessart district in the Bavarian Spessart .
Surname
The name Aura is derived from the Old High German Uraha . The defining word ur means aurochs and the basic word aha means watercourse . The explanation is a watercourse where aurochs lived. The body of water gave the municipality of Aura its name.
geography
course
It rises in the Aura forest in a valley near Aura im Sinngrund and flows south. It meets its greatest tributary, the Fellach, in skins . At its mouth, the aura changes its direction of flow to the east. In Burgsinn , near the moated castle , it flows into the flood ditch, a tributary of the Sinn .
Tributaries
- Fellach (right)
River system sense
Mills
- Aura mill
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Flood Action Plan Main
- ^ Wolf-Armin von Reitzenstein : Lexicon of Franconian place names. Origin and meaning . Upper Franconia, Middle Franconia, Lower Franconia. CH Beck, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-406-59131-0 , p. 29 ( limited preview in Google Book search).