Faulbach (Elbbach)
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Water code | DE : 258767712 | |
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Giessen-Koblenz Lahntal
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River system | Rhine | |
Drain over | Elbbach → Lahn → Rhine → North Sea | |
source | southeast of Hadamar - Niederweyer 50 ° 26 ′ 53 ″ N , 8 ° 5 ′ 19 ″ E |
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Source height | approx. 230 m above sea level NHN | |
muzzle | in Hadamar in the Elbbach Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '47 " N , 8 ° 2' 38" E 50 ° 26 '47 " N , 8 ° 2' 38" E |
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Mouth height | approx. 136 m above sea level NHN | |
Height difference | approx. 94 m | |
Bottom slope | approx. 28 ‰ | |
length | 3.4 km | |
Catchment area | approx. 3.7 km² |
The Faulbach is a three kilometer long, orographically left and eastern tributary of the Elbbach in the village of Hadamar in the central Hessian district of Limburg-Weilburg .
geography
course
The Faulbach rises about 230 meters southeast of the Hadamar district of Niederweyer at an altitude of 230 m above sea level. NN . It flows first in a westerly direction and finally flows after a river stretch of about 3.4 km at 136 m above sea level. NN left in the Elbbach .
A mean bed gradient of 28 ‰ is calculated from the height difference of 94 meters. It drains its approximately 3.7 km² catchment area via the Elbbach and Rhine to the North Sea .
Elbbach river system
Individual evidence
- ↑ Map and legend of the natural areas of Hesse (online copy of Die Naturraum Hessens , Otto Klausing 1988) in the Hessen Environmental Atlas of the Hessian State Office for Environment and Geology
- ↑ a b Deutschlandviewer
- ↑ Water map service of the Hessian Ministry for the Environment, Climate Protection, Agriculture and Consumer Protection ( information )
- ↑ Self-measurement on the WFD Viewer