Geiersteinbach

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Geiersteinbach
brook at the Sandbühlerhof
Data
Water code DE : 2372734
location District of Südwestpfalz , Rhineland-Palatinate , Germany
River system Rhine
Drain over Louder  → Rhine  → North Sea
source in Wasgau south of Busenberg
49 ° 7 ′ 36 ″  N , 7 ° 49 ′ 36 ″  E
Source height 229  m above sea level NN
muzzle southwest of the Sandbühlerhof in the Wieslauer coordinates: 49 ° 7 '33 "  N , 7 ° 48' 10"  E 49 ° 7 '33 "  N , 7 ° 48' 10"  E
Mouth height 195  m above sea level NN
Height difference 34 m
Bottom slope 16 ‰
length 2.2 km
Catchment area 5.714 km²
Communities Busenberg , Bruchweiler-Bärenbach , Schindhard

The Geiersteinbach , also called Bach am Sandbühlerhof , is a two-kilometer long watercourse in the Wasgau ( Rhineland-Palatinate ) in southern Palatinate and a left tributary of the Lauter , which is still called Wieslauter here on its upper course .

course

The Geiersteinbach rises in Wasgau at an altitude of 229  m above sea level. NN on the southern edge of Busenberg in a green zone. It initially flows in a south-westerly direction. At the village meadows it unites with a southern source branch. It now runs into a green zone through the marsh meadow slope and forms three small ponds there. Then it flows first through the marsh meadows , then the long meadows and then through the eponymous Geiersteinwiesen . His further path leads him south past the Sandbühlerhof , he crosses under the main road and finally flows underground piped at an altitude of 195  m above sea level. NN from the left into the Wieslauter .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Map service of the landscape information system of the Rhineland-Palatinate nature conservation administration (LANIS map) ( notes )
  2. a b c GeoExplorer of the Rhineland-Palatinate water management authority ( information ) (accessed on March 9, 2012)