Beerbach (Mergbach)

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Beerbach
Data
Water code DE : 247611392
location Hessian-Franconian mountainous region

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Mergbach  → Gersprenz  → Main  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the Odenwald west of Reichelsheim
49 ° 42 ′ 59 ″  N , 8 ° 49 ′ 10 ″  E
Source height approx.  300  m above sea level NHN
muzzle on the western edge of Reichelsheim in the Mergbach Coordinates: 49 ° 42 '40 "  N , 8 ° 49' 56"  E 49 ° 42 '40 "  N , 8 ° 49' 56"  E
Mouth height approx.  228  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 72 m
Bottom slope approx. 65 ‰
length 1.1 km

The Beerbach is a one kilometer long left and northwest tributary of the Mergbach .

geography

course

The Beerbach rises at an altitude of about 300  m above sea level. NHN in the Odenwald in two spring branches in a mixed forest west of Reichelsheim . It initially flows in a south-easterly direction through the forest. After the spring branches have united, it changes to a meadow landscape. A little later it is fed by another tributary and finally flows out at an altitude of about 228  m above sea level. NHN on the western edge of Reichelsheim from the left into the Mergbach .

Its 1.1 km long run ends about 72 meters below its source, so it has an average bottom gradient of about 65 ‰.

Area of ​​influence

The area of ​​influence of the Beerbach lies in the Vorderer Odenwald and is drained to the North Sea via the Mergbach, Gersprenz , Main and Rhine .

It borders

  • in the north and northeast to that of the Mergbach tributary Eberbach
  • and in the west to that of the Laudenauer Bach , a tributary of the Mergbach.

The area of ​​influence in the area of ​​the upper reaches is forested and otherwise arable land dominates.

Gersprenz river system

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Google Earth
  2. ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )