Bittenbacher Graben

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Bittenbacher Graben
Data
Water code DE : 2546862
location Saar-Nahe-Bergland

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Nussbach  → Odenbach  → Glan  → Nahe  → Rhine  → North Sea
source west of Nussbach
49 ° 37 ′ 50 ″  N , 7 ° 42 ′ 39 ″  E
Source height 324  m above sea level NHN
muzzle south-southeast of the local community Nußbach in den Nußbach Coordinates: 49 ° 37 '29 "  N , 7 ° 42' 7"  E 49 ° 37 '29 "  N , 7 ° 42' 7"  E
Mouth height 239  m above sea level NHN
Height difference 85 m
Bottom slope 84 ‰
length 1 km
Catchment area 1.041 km²

The Please Bacher ditch is about a kilometer long right tributary of Nußbaches in Rhineland-Palatinate Kusel district in the area of the municipality Lauterecken-Wolfenstein belonging municipality Nußbach .

course

The Bittenbacher Graben rises in the natural area of ​​the Lichtenberg ridge of the North Palatinate mountainous region at an altitude of 324  m above sea level. NHN in a mixed forest in the corridor Am Frauenwäldchen on the southeast slope of the Flettersberg ( 365.8  m ) and west of the village of Nussbach.

The stream initially flows a good half a kilometer southwest through a narrow valley lying between the wooded hills of the Flettersberg on its right side and the eponymous Bitterbacher Berg ( 417.4  m ) on the left. In the Talergraben corridor , he leaves the forest and walks through meadows and fields, accompanied by thick wood.

It still crosses under Landstraße 386 and finally flows into the Gingenäcker corridor south-southeast of the town of Nussbach at an altitude of ( 239  m ) into the stream of the same name coming from the south-southeast.

nature and environment

The valley of the Bittenbacher Graben belongs to the protected biotope valley with biotope complex O Nussbach (area number: BK-6312-0033-2009). The biotope is 2.67 hectares in total.

Spring mosses and small waterfalls can be found in the source area of ​​the Bittenbacher Graben. The near-natural brook first flows through an ash forest , which slowly turns into a ravine forest . On the edges of the rocky cliffs an ample Farnflora grows with lobed shield ferns and strip ferns Braunstieligen . In its further course it is lined with alder trees.

After it has left the forest, it flows through orchards and poor pastures . Semi-arid grass grows on its steep and shallow slopes .

In the area of ​​the mouth, the stream is heavily straightened and partly piped. The purity of its water there is severely impaired by the adjacent corn fields.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate Nature Conservation Administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. ↑ a b GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority ( information )
  3. ↑ Osiris: Small valley with biotope complex O Nussbach