Bachum Bach

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Bachum Bach
Upper course at Bachum-Dreihausen

Upper course at Bachum-Dreihausen

Data
Water code DE : 276312
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Ruhr  → Rhine  → North Sea
source North of the village of Dreihausen in Bachum
51 ° 27 ′ 2 ″  N , 7 ° 55 ′ 45 ″  E
Source height 238  m above sea level NN
muzzle Border between Bachum and Neheim in the Ruhr Coordinates: 51 ° 28 ′ 10 ″  N , 7 ° 56 ′ 42 ″  E 51 ° 28 ′ 10 ″  N , 7 ° 56 ′ 42 ″  E
Mouth height 149  m above sea level NN
Height difference 89 m
Bottom slope 30 ‰
length 2.9 km
Catchment area 2.15 km²

The Bachumer Bach is a 2,938 meter long, orographically left tributary of the Ruhr in the North Rhine-Westphalian Arnsberg , for the most part as a border brook between the districts of Bachum and Bergheim ( belonging to Neheim ). The stream rises north of the village of Dreihausen (belonging to Bachum) at an altitude of 238  m above sea level. NN and flows in a northerly direction to 149  m above sea level. NN in the Ruhr.

The stream overcomes a height difference of 89 m on its way, which corresponds to a mean bed gradient of 30.3 ‰ over a length of 2.938 km. The brook drains over the Ruhr and the Rhine to the North Sea .

nature and environment

Large parts of the stream are designated as protected landscape components. The lower course lies in the Ruhraue nature reserve . The dipper occurs by the stream.

  • High seat on the upper reaches

  • deep stream bed

  • Drain into the Ruhr

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ a b List of waters of the State Office for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection NRW - PDF, 1 MB
  3. ↑ Hochsauerlandkreis - Lower Landscape Authority: Arnsberg Landscape Plan, Meschede 1998