Braunlauf (Our)
Braunlauf | ||
Headwaters of the Braunlauf |
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Data | ||
location | Liege Province ; Wallonia ; Belgium | |
River system | Rhine | |
Drain over | Our → Sauer → Moselle → Rhine → North Sea | |
source | northwest of Maldingen 50 ° 14 ′ 21 ″ N , 6 ° 0 ′ 45 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 494 m | |
muzzle | southwest of Steinebrück in the Our coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 55 ″ N , 6 ° 10 ′ 25 ″ E 50 ° 13 ′ 55 ″ N , 6 ° 10 ′ 25 ″ E |
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Mouth height | approx. 367 m | |
Height difference | approx. 127 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 8.3 ‰ | |
length | approx. 15.4 km | |
Catchment area | 35.46 km² | |
Left tributaries | Mittelbach, Dorfbach, Moderbach, Entenbach, Wiesenbach (Prümerbach) | |
Right tributaries | Rosbach, Hasselbach |
The Braunlauf is an approximately 15.4 km long right and northwest tributary of the Our in East Belgium .
geography
course
The Braunlauf rises in the Entenfenn nature reserve about 1.5 km northwest of Maldingen at an altitude of 494 m OP, mainly flowing to the east, it passes the places Braunlauf , Neubrück , Galhausen and Neidingen . There it changes its direction of flow to the south, flows around Lommersweiler and flows about 500 m southwest of Steinebrück at an altitude of 367 m OP into the Our , which forms the German- Belgian border here.
Tributaries
- Rosbach ( right )
- Mittelbach ( left )
- Dorfbach ( left )
- Moderbach ( left )
- Duck stream ( left )
- Prümerbach ( left )
- Hasselbach ( right )
natural reserve
The valley of the Braunlauf and its tributaries (Vallée et affluents du Braunlauf) is a Natura 2000 protected area (No. BE33063).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Géoportail de la Wallonie , Service public de Wallonie (SPW) ( notes )
- ↑ a b Fiche de caractérisation de la masse d'eau ML04R Braunlauf II. (PDF) Direction Générale opérationnelle “Agriculture, Ressources naturelles & Environnement”, 2016, accessed on February 17, 2017 (French).
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Braunlauf (English)
- ^ Vallée et affluents du Braunlauf. La biodiversité en Wallonie, accessed on February 18, 2017 (French).
- ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Vallée et affluents du Braunlauf (English)