Bos (near)

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Bos / Bosbach
Data
Water code DE : 2541116
location Hunsrück

Saar-Nahe-Bergland

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Nahe  → Rhine  → North Sea
source West of Bosen
49 ° 34 ′ 27 ″  N , 7 ° 1 ′ 28 ″  E
Source height approx.  490  m above sea level NN
muzzle In Gonnesweiler in the Near coordinates: 49 ° 33 '52 "  N , 7 ° 5' 35"  O 49 ° 33 '52 "  N , 7 ° 5' 35"  O
Mouth height approx.  379  m above sea level NN
Height difference approx. 111 m
Bottom slope approx. 19 ‰
length 5.8 km
Catchment area 12.634 km²
Reservoirs flowed through Bostalsee

The Bos , also called Bosbach , is a 5.8 km long orographic left tributary of the Nahe in the northeastern Saarland .

geography

The Bos rises on Zallenberg at an altitude of 490  m above sea level. NN . From here the stream flows mainly to the east. The village of Bosen , which belongs to Nohfelden , is passed in the north before the creek reaches the Bostalsee after about 3.4 km of river . Before that, the Pärwiesbach flowing through Bosen joins on the right . The confluence with the reservoir is about 300 m south of the village of Eckelhausen, which also belongs to Nohfelden . The Demelbach flows into the reservoir in the south and is thus a tributary of the Bos. The outflow of the reservoir is located southwest of Gonnesweiler . After just another 1 km of the river, the Bos flows out at an altitude of 379  m above sea level. NN on the left in the Nahe.

On its 5.8 km long stretch of the river, the Bos overcomes a height difference of 111 m, which corresponds to a mean bed gradient of 19.1 ‰. In doing so, it drains a catchment area of ​​12.634 km².

Tributaries

  • Jordanbach ( right )
  • Dumpfbach ( right )
  • Seifenbach ( left )
  • Letschbruchbach ( left )
  • Stone raft ( left )
  • Parwiesbach ( right )
  • Altertbach ( left )
  • Sandbach ( left )
  • Trieschwiesbach ( right )
  • Demelbach ( right )
  • Krämersbach ( right )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Topographic map 1: 25,000
  2. ↑ a b Rhineland-Palatinate Water Management Authority