Gebke (Meschede)

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Gebke
(upper course: Wallmecke / Kohlweder Bach )
Fish ladders in Meschede, Lagerstraße

Fish ladders in Meschede, Lagerstraße

Data
Water code DE : 276152
location North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Ruhr  → Rhine  → North Sea
source North of Eversberg
51 ° 23 ′ 29 ″  N , 8 ° 20 ′ 58 ″  E
Source height 523  m above sea level NN
muzzle In Meschede in the Ruhr Coordinates: 51 ° 20 '54 "  N , 8 ° 16' 38"  E 51 ° 20 '54 "  N , 8 ° 16' 38"  E
Mouth height 256  m above sea level NN
Height difference 267 m
Bottom slope 35 ‰
length 7.6 km
Catchment area 13.755 km²

The Gebke is a 7.6 km long orographically right or northern tributary of the Ruhr in the North Rhine-Westphalian Hochsauerlandkreis , Germany .

geography

The brook rises about 2.2 km northeast of Eversberg in the Arnsberg Forest at an altitude of 523  m above sea level. NN as Wallmecke . Mostly flowing to the southwest, the stream changes its name after 2.9 km of the river with the mouth of the Aschholterbecke and is now called Kohlweder Bach . This is the name of the brook 1.4 km to the mouth of the Kleine Steinmecke , from where it is now called Gebke. A little later, the brook reaches the urban area of Meschede , where the brook is 256  m above sea level. NN flows into the Ruhr.

The Gebke overcomes a height difference of 267 m over a 7.6 km stretch of river, which corresponds to an average bed gradient of 35.1 ‰. The stream drains a 13.755 km² catchment area via the Ruhr and Rhine to the North Sea .

photos

  • The Wallmecke

  • Mouth of the Aschholter Becke in the Wallmecke

  • The Kohlwederbachtal

  • The Gebke flows into the Ruhr

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ a b Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW

Web links

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