Gäcketbach

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Gäcketbach
Bruggmatt
Data
Water code CH : 570378
location law

Switzerland

River system Rhine
Drain over Talbach  → Aare  → Rhine  → North Sea
source above Thalheim
47 ° 27 ′ 9 ″  N , 8 ° 6 ′ 31 ″  E
Source height 636  m above sea level M.
muzzle in the Langmatt in the Talbach Coordinates: 47 ° 26 '22 "  N , 8 ° 6' 43"  E ; CH1903:  650 795  /  254523 47 ° 26 '22 "  N , 8 ° 6' 43"  O
Mouth height 418  m above sea level M.
Height difference 218 m
Bottom slope approx. 10%
length approx. 2.1 km
Catchment area 1.55 km²
Communities Thalheim

The Gäcketbach is an approximately 2 km long left tributary of the Talbach in the municipality of Thalheim in the Swiss canton of Aargau .

geography

course

The Gäcketbach rises above the Bruggmatt farm at 636  m above sea level. M. It flows mainly in a southerly direction, touches Thalheim Unterdorf and finally flows into the Langmatt at 418  m above sea level. M. from the left into the valley stream .

Its approximately 2.1 km long run ends about 218 meters below its source, so it has an average bottom gradient of about 10%.

The Gäcketbach is piped in sections, including in the Langmatt area to the mouth. Individual sections have been renatured.

Catchment area

The 1.55 km² catchment area of ​​the Gäcketbach lies in the Jura and is drained to the North Sea via the Talbach, the Aare and the Rhine .

It consists of 29.0% wooded area , 64.0% agricultural area and 7.0% settlement area .

The mean height of the catchment area is 584  m above sea level. M. , the minimum height is 420  m above sea level. M. and the maximum height at 733  m above sea level. M.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Geographic information system of the Canton of Aargau
  2. a b Geoserver of the Swiss Federal Administration
  3. ^ Resolution of the municipal assembly in Thalheim (PDF file; 184 kB)