Floßbach (Mohrbach)

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Floßbach
Data
Water code DE : 2546212
location Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Mohrbach  → Glan  → Nahe  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in the west of Kaiserslautern
49 ° 26 ′ 10 ″  N , 7 ° 40 ′ 50 ″  E
Source height approx.  246  m above sea level NHN
muzzle Southeast of Ramstein-Miesenbach from the right in the Mohrbach coordinates: 49 ° 25 '56 "  N , 7 ° 35' 44"  E 49 ° 25 '56 "  N , 7 ° 35' 44"  E
Mouth height approx.  232  m above sea level NHN
Height difference approx. 14 m
Bottom slope approx. 1.9 ‰
length 7.2 km
Catchment area 24.922 km²
Reservoirs flowed through Reservoir in Kaiserslautern-Einsiedlerhof
Big cities Kaiserslautern
Small towns Ramstein-Miesenbach

The Floßbach is a 7.2 km long right tributary of the Mohrbach in the Western Palatinate ( Rhineland-Palatinate ).

geography

The stream rises in the west of the city of Kaiserslautern at an altitude of about 246  m above sea level. NHN around 1 km south of Autobahn 6 between junctions 15 (Kaiserslautern West) and 14 (Einsiedlerhof). From here, the stream flows primarily in a westerly direction through the Landstuhler Bruch in the Kaiserslautern district , crossing under the A 6, and flows into the Mohrbach on the right-hand side at the Ramstein Air Base at an altitude of 232  m .

On its 7.2 km course, the Floßbach overcomes a height difference of 14 m, which corresponds to an average bed gradient of 1.9 ‰. The catchment area has a size of 24.922 km². Numerous irrigation and drainage ditches with a maximum length of 500 m collect in the Floßbach . In Kaiserslautern-Einsiedlerhof, the Floßbach is dammed up to form a small lake with an area of ​​over 1 hectare.

environment

The Floßbach is one of the fine-material, silicate low mountain range brooks. The water structure is to Ramstein Air Base greatly changed to be complete.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Topographic map 1: 25,000.
  2. a b c Rhineland Water Management Administration