Gaisbergbach (Gurgler Ache)

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Gaisbergbach
The Gaisbergbach just before the mouth

The Gaisbergbach just before the mouth

Data
Water code AT : 2-8-92-30-6
location Ötztal Alps , Imst district , Tyrol
River system Danube
Drain over Gurgler Ache  → Ötztaler Ache  → Inn  → Danube  → Black Sea
origin Gaisbergferner
46 ° 49 ′ 36 ″  N , 11 ° 4 ′ 9 ″  E
Source height at  2460  m above sea level A.
muzzle Above Obergurgl from the right into the Gurgler Ache Coordinates: 46 ° 51 '49 "  N , 11 ° 1' 5"  E 46 ° 51 '49 "  N , 11 ° 1' 5"  E
Mouth height 1896  m above sea level A.
Height difference 564 m
Bottom slope 12%
length 4.6 km
Catchment area 7.44 km²
Communities Soelden

The Gaisbergbach is a right tributary to the Gurgler Ache  in Tyrol .

course

The Gaisbergbach rises from the Gaisbergferner at around 2460  m above sea level. A. and then runs in a north-westerly direction through the Gaisbergtal before it joins the Gurgler Ache below the Zirbenalm from the right. At about 2240  m above sea level. A. the stream is dammed up for a snow-making pond.

The natural catchment area of the Gaisbergbach is 7.44 km², of which 1.79 km² (24%) are glaciated (as of 1988). The highest point in the catchment area is the Hochfirst at 3403  m above sea level. A.

Web links

Commons : Gaisbergbach  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c TIRIS - Tyrolean spatial information system
  2. https://portal.tirol.gv.at/wisSrvPublic/wis/wbo_wb_auszug_pdf.aspx?ATTR=Y&TREE=Y&PICTURE=N&ANL_ID=T20527112R3&TYPE=O
  3. ^ Max H. Fink, Otto Moog, Reinhard Wimmer: Flowing waters - natural areas of Austria . Federal Environment Agency, Monographs Volume 128, Vienna 2000, p. 48 ( PDF; 475 kB )