Braunlauf (Our)

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Braunlauf
Headwaters of the Braunlauf

Headwaters of the Braunlauf

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
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
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

natural reserve

The valley of the Braunlauf and its tributaries (Vallée et affluents du Braunlauf) is a Natura 2000 protected area (No. BE33063).

Blue shimmering fire butterfly (Lycaena helle) on Braunlauf
Fever clover (Menyanthes trifoliata) on Braunlauf

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Géoportail de la Wallonie , Service public de Wallonie (SPW) ( notes )
  2. ↑ 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).
  3. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Braunlauf (English)
  4. ^ Vallée et affluents du Braunlauf. La biodiversité en Wallonie, accessed on February 18, 2017 (French).
  5. ↑ World Database on Protected Areas - Vallée et affluents du Braunlauf (English)