Finstergraben (Odenbach)

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Dark moat
Data
Water code DE : 254681914
location Saar-Nahe-Bergland

Germany

River system Rhine
Drain over Odenbach  → Glan  → Nahe  → Rhine  → North Sea
source west of the Elke knob
49 ° 33 '48 "  N , 7 ° 41' 59"  O
Source height approx.  346  m above sea level NHN
muzzle north-northeast of Wörsbach -Rauschermühle from the right in the Odenbach coordinates: 49 ° 33 '56 "  N , 7 ° 41' 33"  E 49 ° 33 '56 "  N , 7 ° 41' 33"  E
Mouth height approx.  265  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 81 m
Bottom slope approx. 49 ‰
length 1.7 km
Catchment area 34.9 ha

The Finster digging is a good one and a half km long right tributary of Odenbaches in the Rhineland-Palatinate district of Kaiserslautern in the area of the municipality Otterbach Otter Mountain belong to local churches Niederkirchen and Schallodenbach .

course

The Finstergraben rises in the natural area of ​​the Lichtenberg ridge of the North Palatinate Uplands at an altitude of 346  m above sea level. NHN in a field on the northwest slope of Elkenknopfes ( 426.8  m ) not far from Kreisstraße 30 directly on the municipality border between Schallodenbach in the south and Niederkirchen in the north. Its source is just under half a kilometer west-southwest of the Amoshof residential area in the district of the Niederkirchen district of Wörsbach .

Initially accompanied by thick wood, it flows a good 300 meters in a west-north-west direction through fields and meadows, marking the municipality boundary. Then it turns to the northwest and then runs in a narrow valley through a strip of grass, which is bordered on the right and left by hillside forests.

Finally, after a run of 1.7 kilometers, at an altitude of 265  m , the stream flows into the Odenbach coming from the south-southwest, just under half a kilometer north-northeast of the Rauschermühle belonging to the Wörsbach district and about 40 meters east of the state road 382 .

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 )